Five years after being attacked at knifepoint by his wife, Yehuda Kaminka returns to Israel from the United States in order to divorce her. The novel follows the lives of individuals in the Kaminka family, including Naomi (Yehuda's institutionalized wife), and the couple's adult children (Tsvi, Asa, and Ya'el), among others.[1] Each of the children's lives is fraught with peril: Asa, a university lecturer in Jerusalem, is caught in a sexless marriage with the aspiring writer Dina, Tsvi spends his days in Tel Aviv lamenting over his relationship with his father and using his middle-aged homosexual lover, and Ya'el, the couple's daughter, is married to a widely disliked lawyer.[2] The novel, like Yehoshua's debut novel The Lover, is told from a first-person point of view, with each chapter from the view of a different character, and explores themes of unfulfilled romance, Jewish diaspora, social crises, and generational estrangement.[3]
Referencesedit
^Spice, Nicholas (1985-02-07). "Forgetting". London Review of Books. Retrieved June 14, 2019.
^Annan, Gabriele (1984-06-14). "Breaking Up in Haifa". ISSN 0028-7504. Retrieved 2019-06-15.
^Bloom, Harold (1984-02-19). "Domestic Derangements". The New York Times. ISSN 0362-4331. Retrieved 2019-06-15.
External linksedit
"A Late Divorce by Abraham B. Yehoshua — Reviews, Discussion, Bookclubs, Lists". goodreads.com. Retrieved 22 June 2014.
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late, divorce, novel, written, yehoshua, originally, published, hebrew, first, editionauthora, yehoshuatranslatorhillel, halkinlanguageenglishsubjectrelationshipspublished1984, doubledaymedia, typeprintpages364isbn978, 0385155748dewey, decimal892, 36lc, classp. A Late Divorce is a novel written by A B Yehoshua originally published in Hebrew A Late DivorceFirst editionAuthorA B YehoshuaTranslatorHillel HalkinLanguageEnglishSubjectRelationshipsPublished1984 DoubledayMedia typeprintPages364ISBN978 0385155748Dewey Decimal892 4 36LC ClassPJ5054 Y42 G413Synopsis editFive years after being attacked at knifepoint by his wife Yehuda Kaminka returns to Israel from the United States in order to divorce her The novel follows the lives of individuals in the Kaminka family including Naomi Yehuda s institutionalized wife and the couple s adult children Tsvi Asa and Ya el among others 1 Each of the children s lives is fraught with peril Asa a university lecturer in Jerusalem is caught in a sexless marriage with the aspiring writer Dina Tsvi spends his days in Tel Aviv lamenting over his relationship with his father and using his middle aged homosexual lover and Ya el the couple s daughter is married to a widely disliked lawyer 2 The novel like Yehoshua s debut novel The Lover is told from a first person point of view with each chapter from the view of a different character and explores themes of unfulfilled romance Jewish diaspora social crises and generational estrangement 3 References edit Spice Nicholas 1985 02 07 Forgetting London Review of Books Retrieved June 14 2019 Annan Gabriele 1984 06 14 Breaking Up in Haifa ISSN 0028 7504 Retrieved 2019 06 15 Bloom Harold 1984 02 19 Domestic Derangements The New York Times ISSN 0362 4331 Retrieved 2019 06 15 External links edit A Late Divorce by Abraham B Yehoshua Reviews Discussion Bookclubs Lists goodreads com Retrieved 22 June 2014 nbsp This article about a 1980s novel is a stub You can help Wikipedia by expanding it See guidelines for writing about novels Further suggestions might be found on the article s talk page vte Retrieved from https en wikipedia org w index php title A Late Divorce amp oldid 1183340521, wikipedia, wiki, book, books, library,
