"The most interesting and experimental novelist in Israel."--Review Of Contemporary Fiction
Two novellas by an Israeli writer. The Book of Joseph is the tragic story of a Jewish tailor and his son at the hands of the Nazis in 1930s Berlin, while Katschen is about an orphaned boy in Palestine. By the author of The Christ of Fish.
"Originally from Vienna, Hoffmann's heroine is a widow who still speaks German after decades in Israel.
The Heart Is Katmandu tells a tale of new love--of paradise gained.
Yoël Hoffmann analyse en une longue introduction les attitudes et les coutumes entourant la mort dans le Japon historique et actuel et en donne des exemple dans la littérature.
The reflections of Bernhardt Stein, a Jew from Berlin, as he observes World War II from his refuge in Palestine. A philosophical novel by an Israeli writer, author of Katschen and the Book of Joseph.
La obra ofrece una selección de poemas dedicados al tema de la muerte escritos por monjes zen y poetas de haiku, relacionando esta poesía con la mentalidad japonesa sobre la dialéctica entre la vida y la muerte.