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050 00 $aPJ5059.E8$bO96 1996
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245 04 $aThe Oxford book of Hebrew short stories /$cedited by Glenda Abramson.
246 30 $aHebrew short stories
260 $aOxford ;$aNew York :$bOxford University Press,$c1996.
300 $aix, 412 pages ;$c23 cm
336 $atext$btxt$2rdacontent
337 $aunmediated$bn$2rdamedia
500 $aTranslations from Hebrew.
505 00 $tBurned Out /$rMendele Mokher Sefarim (S. J. Abramowitz) --$tWithout Hope /$rMicha Yosef Betdyczewski (Bin Gorion) --$tThe Calf /$rMordechai Ze'ev Feierberg --$tUproar /$rUri Nissan Gnessin --$tCut Off /$rYitzhak Dov Berkowitz --$tTravel Notes /$rYosef Hayyim Brenner --$tSunbeams /$rDvora Baron --$tRahamim /$rHayyim Hazaz --$tHabakuk /$rS. Yizhar --$tThe Swimming Contest /$rBenjamin Tammuz --$tTears /$rAharon Megged --$tDoctor Schmidt /$rMoshe Shamir --$tThe Snow /$rYehuda Amichai --$tSpeak to the Wind /$rNatan Shaham --$tThe Death of the Little God /$rDavid Shahar --$tBridal Veil /$rAmalia Kahana-Carmon --$tCold Spring /$rAharon Appelfeld --$tThe Visit /$rYaakov Shabtai --$tThe Last Commander /$rAvraham B. Yehoshua --$tCinema /$rYitzhak Ben-Ner --$tMy Straw Chairs /$rShulamith Hareven --$tThe Three-Legged Chicken /$rYehoshua Kenaz --$tStrange Fire /$rAmos Oz --$tCherries in the Icebox /$rDavid Grossman --$tTalitha Kumi /$rYitzhak (Auerbach) Orpaz --$tHigh Tide /$rOrly Castel-Bloom --
505 80 $tTogether With Them /$rYeshayahu Koren --$tSchlafstunde /$rYehudit Katzir --$tA Story With No Address /$rYehudit Hendel --$tThe Monument of the Resurrection /$rYitzhak Oren --$tMorning in the Park with Nannies /$rSavyon Liebrecht --$tDora's Secret /$rRuth Almog.
520 $aIt is unusual for a creative literature to be so much younger than its language, and the story of development of Hebrew fiction is no less fascinating than the stories that embody it in this collection. The extraordinary revival of Hebrew as a spoken language at the turn of the twentieth century led to an explosion of literary activity that eventually drew a clear line of progression from the Jewish writers of Eastern Europe to their modern descendants in present-day Israel.
520 8 $aFrom a narrative whose concerns were predominantly historical and religious, Hebrew fiction has grown to embrace the modern world and to deal with subjects such as daily life in a small Jewish town, intellectual disillusionment, and the huge political changes with which Jewish writers have had to come to terms following the establishment of the State of Israel.
520 8 $aWar inevitably features often in these stories which reflect, more than the literature of any other country, the social and political dilemmas of a multifarious culture. Alongside the grand themes are more intimate explorations of human relationships, and of individual triumph and anguish within the complexities of twentieth-century life.
520 8 $a.
520 8 $aThis anthology demonstrates the astonishing richness and diversity of Hebrew short fiction by including not only established authors of the status of Amos Oz, A. B. Yehoshua, Yehuda Amichai and David Grossman, but also less well-known writers whose stories have not been published in translation before: Orly Castel-Bloom and Savyon Liebrecht among the younger women writers, Yitzhak Oren among the more experimental older generation.
520 8 $aGlenda Abramson's informative introduction sets the scene for a powerful literary collection, the definitive anthology of a vibrant modern genre.
650 0 $aShort stories, Hebrew$vTranslations into English.
700 1 $aAbramson, Glenda,$d1938-$0http://id.loc.gov/authorities/names/n79070255
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