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| Ruth Almog |
Invisible Mending |
| Stories |
Jerusalem, Keter, 1993. 202 pp.
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Ruth Almog's stories about immigrants fallen on hard times and children bewildered by their circumstances are distinguished by an elegiac tone and a deep compassion. The children in Invisible Mending are handicapped by tragedy or the refugee experience of their parents.
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About the Book
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"Being orphaned or lonely, insulted or angry are the points of departure of these remarkable stories. And then homesickness, or a fierce drive to live and take revenge, to paint, ride a bicycle or play the violin, gives these children direction," wrote Fabiana Hefetz in the Hadashotnewspaper. "Astounding, fresh, suspenseful and incomparably moving," she concludes. Novelist Batya Gur was especially struck by Almog's language. "In her precise, lyrical voice, Ruth Almog uncovers what really goes on behind the daily activity of children who grow up in spite of catastrophe. They are like blind people: they feel everything, they hear all the sounds and smell all the odors, but they are trapped in a lack of comprehension. With enormous talent and none of the emotional blackmail that often accompanies literary reconstructions of the inner worlds of children, Ruth Almog has conveyed the way children sense intense feeling without understanding. This book is cathartic."
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