The Hebrew Teacher - Paperback
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Reading group guide to The Hebrew Teacher is available for download free of charge at newvesselpress.com.
The Hebrew Teacher - Paperback
$17.95
by Maya Arad (Author), Jessica Cohen (Translator)
"Intensely readable and beautifully observed . . . full of wisdom, generosity, humor, and sharp insights."--Elif Batuman, author of Either/Or and The Idiot
NATIONAL JEWISH BOOK AWARD FOR HEBREW FICTION IN TRANSLATION / Risa Domb/Porjes Prize for Hebrew-English translationThree Israeli women, their lives altered by immigration to the United States, seek to overcome crises. Ilana is a veteran Hebrew instructor at a Midwestern college who has built her life around her career. When a young Hebrew literature professor joins the faculty, she finds his post-Zionist politics pose a threat to her life's work. Miriam, whose son left Israel to make his fortune in Silicon Valley, pays an unwanted visit to meet her new grandson and discovers cracks in the family's perfect façade. Efrat, another Israeli in California, is determined to help her daughter navigate the challenges of middle school, and crosses forbidden lines when she follows her into the minefield of social media. In these three stirring novellas--comedies of manners with an ambitious blend of irony and sensitivity--celebrated Israeli author Maya Arad probes the demise of idealism and the generation gap that her heroines must confront.Reading group guide to The Hebrew Teacher is available for download free of charge at newvesselpress.com.
Author Biography
Maya Arad is the author of twelve books of Hebrew fiction, as well as studies in literary criticism and linguistics. Born in Israel in 1971, she received a PhD in linguistics from University College London and for the past twenty years has lived in California where she is currently writer in residence at Stanford University's Taube Center for Jewish Studies. She won a National Jewish Book Award for The Hebrew Teacher.
Jessica Cohen shared the 2017 Man Booker International Prize with author David Grossman for her translation of A Horse Walks into a Bar. She has translated works by Amos Oz, Etgar Keret, Dorit Rabinyan, Ronit Matalon, Nir Baram, and others.
Number of Pages: 320
Dimensions: 0.8 x 7.9 x 5.2 IN
Publication Date: March 19, 2024
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