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Jerusalem Beach : stories / Iddo Gefen ; translated by Daniella Zamir.

By: Contributor(s): Material type: TextTextLanguage: English Original language: Hebrew Publisher: New York : Astra House, [2021]Edition: First editionDescription: 290 pages ; 22 cmContent type:
  • text
Media type:
  • unmediated
Carrier type:
  • volume
ISBN:
  • 1662600437
  • 9781662600432 (hardcover)
Uniform titles:
  • Short stories. English. Selections
Subject(s): Genre/Form:
Contents:
Geriatric platoon -- Exit -- Jerusalem Beach -- Neptune -- Girl who lived near the sun -- Debby's dream house -- 101.3 FM -- Meaning of Life Ltd. -- Three hours from Berlin -- How to remember a desert -- Anita Shabtai -- Lennon at the Central Bus Station -- Flies and porcupines.
Summary: A debut collection of short stories that provide glimpses into contemporary Israeli life, including the tale of a scheming tech start-up executive whose ambition has dire consequences and an army platoon of the elderly looking for purpose.
List(s) this item appears in: FPL Jewish American Heritage Month
Holdings
Item type Home library Collection Call number Materials specified Status Date due Barcode Item holds
Adult Book Adult Book Main Library Fiction GEFEN, IDDO Available 33111010553739
Total holds: 0

Enhanced descriptions from Syndetics:

*WINNER OF THE 2023 SAMI ROHR PRIZE FOR JEWISH LITERATURE, FICTION*

"This vigorous, inventive work will surely fire up readers' neurons." -- Starred Review, Publisher's Weekly

For fans of Etgar Keret, a debut collection that fuses the humor of everyday life in Israel with technology's challenges and the latest discoveries about the human brain.

At once compassionate, philosophical, and humorous, Jerusalem Beach is a foray into the human condition in all its contradictions. Through a series of snapshots of contemporary life in Israel, Gefen reveals a world that's a step from the familiar.

A man's grandfather joins an army platoon of geriatrics looking for purpose in old age. A scheming tech start-up exposes the dire consequences of ambition in trying to share human memories. An elderly couple searches for a beach that doesn't exist. And, a boy mourns his brother's death in an attempt to catch time like flies in his fist.

Entirely heartfelt and infused with pathos, Jerusalem Beach is an exploration of both technology and the brain. Whether ruminating on the stakes of familial love or pitching the reader headlong into the absurdity of success and failure, Gefen leaves the reader intrigued throughout.

"Translation copyright ©2021 by Daniella Zamir. Originally published in the Hebrew language as Chof HaYam Shel Yerushalayim by Iddo Gefen. Copyright ©2-10 Kinneret, Zmora-Bitan, Dvir - Publishing House Ltd." -- Verso.

A debut collection of short stories that provide glimpses into contemporary Israeli life, including the tale of a scheming tech start-up executive whose ambition has dire consequences and an army platoon of the elderly looking for purpose.

Geriatric platoon -- Exit -- Jerusalem Beach -- Neptune -- Girl who lived near the sun -- Debby's dream house -- 101.3 FM -- Meaning of Life Ltd. -- Three hours from Berlin -- How to remember a desert -- Anita Shabtai -- Lennon at the Central Bus Station -- Flies and porcupines.

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