Nicholas de Lange Poradie kníh (chronologicky)

Mladého idealistického študenta Šmuela zaujme rukou napísaný inzerát na nástenke a zavedie ho do tajomného domu, kde žije starý invalid hľadajúci plateného intelektuálneho spoločníka a tajomná žena prenasledovaná prízrakmi minulosti. V príbehu o omyle, túžbe, neopätovanej láske a nezodpovedanej náboženskej otázke, ktorý sa odohráva v rozdelenom Jeruzaleme na prelome rokov 1959 a 1960, sa autor vracia k počiatkom židovsko-arabského konfliktu, k dejinám Jeruzalema a vzniku kresťanstva a radikálne prehodnocuje zažitú predstavu o zrade a zradcoch.

Exploring the concept of Jewish peoplehood, this work delves into its resilience and continuity throughout history despite numerous challenges. It examines how cultural, religious, and social factors have shaped Jewish identity and cohesion, highlighting significant events and transformations that have influenced their survival. The book offers insights into the communal bonds that have sustained Jewish life across generations and the ongoing relevance of peoplehood in contemporary society.

An ingenious, witty, behind-the-scenes novel about eight hours in the life of an author. A literary celebrity is in Tel Aviv on a stifling hot night to give a reading from his new book.While the obligatory inane questions ("Why do you write? What is it like to be famous? Do you write with a pen or on a computer?) are being asked and answered, his attention wanders and he begins to invent lives for the strangers he sees around him. Among them are Yakir Bar-Orian Zhitomirski, a self-styled literary guru; Tsefania Beit-Halachmi, a poet (whose work provides the novel’s title); and Rochele Reznik, a professional reader, with whom the Author has a brief but steamy sexual skirmish; to say nothing of Ricky the waitress, the real object of his desire. One life story builds on another—and the author finds himself unexpectedly involved with his creations.

Set in Jerusalem at the time of the Suez crisis, this is a study of a woman's retreat from an unhappy marriage into a private world of fantasy and repressed desires. Her subsequent mental breakdown is mirrored in the local scenes of disruption and violence caused by the coming war.