Breakdown and Bereavement
Brenner’s last novel is set in a Jewish settlement in Palestine in the years before World War I, when the tragic pattern of Arab-Jewish relations was taking shape. Much more than an absorbing period piece, it is a story of the individual suffering and loneliness that are part of the human condition. The hero, Hefetz, is a typical Brenner character, a wanderer in search of a spiritual homeland. His desperate attempt to build a new life in Palestine symbolizes the Zionist experiment as a whole.
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Chinese, English
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English
London, Cornell Univ. Press, 1971;
Philadelphia, JPS, 1971;
New York/London, Toby Press, 2004 -
Chinese
Hefei, Anhui Literature and Art, 1998
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| Title | Breakdown and Bereavement |
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| Writer's Last Name | Haim Brenner |
| Writer's First Name | Yosef |
| Genre | Fiction |
| Publisher (Hebrew) | Hakibbutz Hameuchad |
| No. Pages | 247pp. |
| Book title - Hebrew (phonetic) | Shchol Ve-Kishalon, O, Sefer Ha-Hitlabtut |
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“ Brenner's talent reaches its height in this novel ....A blend of penetrating insight, poignancy, honesty, compassion and artistry, the novel constitutes a human document of high order.”