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For over 40 years, Modern Hebrew Literature has helped English speakers keep abreast of Israel's active literary scene. Its New Series, published yearly by the Institute in association with The Toby Press includes excerpts from newly translated novels and short stories, articles on a variety of literary topics, interviews with authors, a selection of poetry, and reviews of books recently published in Hebrew. For detailed information, please visit Toby Press website. | ||
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Modern Hebrew Literature No., 4 Autumn/Winter 2007/08 |
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| Acknowledgements |
| Inroduction |
| In Memoriam: Gershon Shaked |
| Ariel Hirschfeld |
| Amos Oz |
| A.B. Yehoshua |
| Gershon Shaked - Thoughts on Orly Castel-Bloom |
| Obituary: Dr. Risa Domb |
| Fiction: Excerpts from Recently Published Novels |
| Orly Castel-Bloom - Dolly City |
| Judith Katzir - Castles in the Air |
| Hadara Lazar - The Locals |
| Nurit Zarchi - The Sad Ambitious Girls of the Province |
| Ayelet Shamir - Piano in Winter |
| Shoshi Breiner- Hebrew Love |
| Tamar Gelbetz - Folding |
| Marina Groslerner - Motherwolf |
| Eran Bar-Gil - The Bridge |
| Ben Vered - Summer Dogs |
| From the Classics |
| Lea Goldberg- Letters from an Imaginary Journey |
| A Story |
| Yehudit Hendel - The Dancer |
| Essays |
| Savyon Liebrecht - Women in Israel: The Stated Truth and the Hidden Truth |
| Rochelle Furstenberg - Recent Women's Writing |
| New Novels of Note |
| Yoram Kaniuk - Between Life and Death |
| A.B.Yehoshua - Friendly Fire |
| Haim Beer - In that Place |
| Eshkol Nevo - World Cup Wishes |
| Boris Zaidman - Hemingway and the Dead-Bird Rain |
| Asaf Schurr- Amram |
| Sami Berdugo- Orphans |
| Yossi Avni-Levy- A Man without Shadow |
| Poetry |
| Yona Wollach |
| Hava Pinhas-Cohen |
| Sara Friedland Ben-Arza |
| Review Essay |
| Contemporary Israeli Women’s Writing, ed. Risa Domb, reviewed by Hadar Makov-Hasson |
| Reviews |
| Amos Oz, Rhyming Life And Death , reviewed by Avirama Golan |
| Aharon Appelfeld, An Entire Life , reviewed by Ktzia Alon |
| Yoel Hoffman, Curriculum Vitae, reviewed by Anat Feinberg |
| Tami Shem-Tov, Letters from Nowhere, reviewed by Osnat Blayer |
| Yosef Bar-Yosef, Not in this House, reviewed by Anat Feinberg |
| Israel Hameiri, Actors, reviewed by Haya Hoffman |
| Zvi Yanai, Letter to a Lost Brother, reviewed by Liraz Axelrod |
| Yaniv Iczkovits, Pulse, reviewed by Haim Weiss |
| Avram Kantor, To the Lizards, reviewed by Ofer Dynes |
| Shachar Magen, Backyard Slaughter, reviewed by Yaron Frid |
Last Updated: 03/03/2008