Authors: A.B. Yehoshua
Open Heart (77 page)
Born in Jerusalem in 1936, A.B. Yehoshua is the author of nine novels and a collection of short stories. One of Israel’s top novelists, he has won prizes worldwide for all his novels, and in the UK was shortlisted in 2005 for the first Man Booker International Prize. He continues to be an outspoken critic of both Israeli and Palestinian policies.
The Continuing Silence of a Poet:
The Collected Stories of A.B. Yehoshua
The Lover
A Late Divorce
Five Seasons
Mr Mani
Open Heart
A Journey to the End of the Millennium
The Liberated Bride
A Woman in Jerusalem
Friendly Fire
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2012
Originally published in Great Britain by Halban Publishers, 1996
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ISBN 978 1 905559 49 7
Copyright © 1996 by A.B. Yehoshua
English translation copyright © 1996 by Doubleday, a division of Bantam Doubleday Dell Publishing Group, Inc.
A.B. Yehoshua has asserted his right under the Copyright, Design and Patents Act, 1988 to be identified as the author of this work.
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