Liberated Bride

Name: Liberated Bride
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ISBN: 9780156030168

ISBN-10: 0156030160

ISBN-13: 9780156030168

Edition: 2001

Authors: A. B. Yehoshua, Hillel Halkin

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Yochanan Rivlin, a professor at Haifa University, is a man of boundless and often naiuml;ve curiosity. His wife, Hagit, a district judge, is tolerant of almost everything but her husband's faults and prevarications. Frequent arguments aside, they are a well-adjusted couple with two grown sons. When one of Rivlin's students-a young Arab bride from a village in the Galilee-is assigned to help with his research in recent Algerian history, a two-pronged mystery develops. As they probe the causes of the bloody Algerian civil war, Rivlin also becomes obsessed with his son's failed marriage. Rivlin's search leads to a number of improbable escapades. In this comedy of manners, at once deeply…

Book details

List price: $26.95
Copyright year: 2001
Publisher: HarperCollins Publishers
Publication date: 10/4/2004
Binding: Paperback
Pages: 576
Size: 5.31" wide x 8.00" long x 1.20" tall
Weight: 1.320
Language: English

A. B. YEHOSHUA is the author of numerous novels, including Mr. Mani, Five Seasons, The Liberated Bride, and A Woman in Jerusalem. His work has been translated into twenty-eight languages, and he has received many awards worldwide, including the Los Angeles Times Book Prize and the National Jewish Book Award. He lives in Tel Aviv, Israel.