Philip Simpson
Author
Language
English
Formats
Description
Here, in his first book, is a disturbing and moving collection of short stories about kibbutz life. Each of the eight stories in this volume grips the reader from the first line. Each conveys the tension and intensity of feeling in the founding period of Israel, a brand-new state with an age-old history. Some are love stories, more are hate stories, and frequently the two urges intertwine.
Author
Publisher
Penguin Books, an imprint of Penguin Random House LLC
Pub. Date
[2016]
Language
English
Description
"For readers of John Le Carre and viewers of Homeland, a slow-burning psychological spy-thriller by a former brigadier general of intelligence in the Israeli army. After attending her father's funeral, former Mossad agent Rachel Goldschmitt empties her bank account and disappears. But when she makes a cryptic phone call to her former handler, Ehud, the Mossad sends him to track her down. Finding no leads, he must retrace her career as a spy to figure...
Author
Publisher
Penguin Publishing Group
Pub. Date
2016
Language
English
Formats
Description
Soon to be the major motion picture The Operative, starring Martin Freeman and Diane Kruger.
For readers of John Le Carré and viewers of Homeland, a slow-burning psychological spy-thriller by a former brigadier general of intelligence in the Israeli army
One of The Washington Post's 10 Best mystery books and thrillers of 2016
After attending her father’s funeral, former...
For readers of John Le Carré and viewers of Homeland, a slow-burning psychological spy-thriller by a former brigadier general of intelligence in the Israeli army
One of The Washington Post's 10 Best mystery books and thrillers of 2016
After attending her father’s funeral, former...
Author
Publisher
Bloomsbury USA
Pub. Date
2013.
Language
English
Description
"Hemda Horovitz is nearing the end of her life. As she lies in bed in Jerusalem, memories from the past flood her thoughts: her childhood in the kibbutz spent under the gaze of her stern, pioneer father; the lake that was her only solace; and her own two children--one she could never love enough, and the other whom she loved too much.Avner, the beloved child, has grown up to be a heavy, anguished man, disillusioned by his work and trapped in a loveless...
Series
Publisher
David R. Godine, Publisher
Pub. Date
1999
Language
English
Description
A collection featuring novellas by prominent Israeli writers. They range from Aharon Appelfeld's In the Isles of St. George, which is on a wandering blackmarketeer, to David Grossman's Yani on the Mountain, on the social cost of Israel's militarization.