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The Mask Maker

Nurit Zarchi

In The Mask Maker, the realistic blends with the supernatural, and great liberties are taken with mythological and biblical stories. In one story the biblical Joseph is revealed to be a girl, disguised by Rachel so as not to disappoint Jacob. In another, a baby is raised in a Jerusalem monastery during the plague. Genders and masks are switched when women must disguise themselves to achieve self-realization.
Representation
The Israeli Institute for Hebrew Literature
Title The Mask Maker
Writer's Last Name Zarchi
Writer's First Name Nurit
Genre Fiction
Publisher (Hebrew) Zmora-Bitan
No. Pages 122pp.
Book title - Hebrew (phonetic) Oman Ha-Masechot

  • “ The stories contain many descriptions brimming with freshness, precision, enlightenment, and poetic potency.”