A Late Divorce

A father of three grown-up children comes back to Israel to get a divorce; another woman, pregnant, awaits him in America. Narrated in turn by each participant in the drama, events grow increasingly intense, coming to a head at the traditional family gathering on Passover. Translated by Hillel Halkin.
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Posted: Jun-18-2009

Original Sin

In A Late Divorce the reader gets to see what A.B. Yehoshua does particularly well. There is the concern with the form of the novel, the play of different styles and experiments in writing prose, all in a modernist vein, all done with very great effect. There is the variety in view point and...

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Posted: Dec-31-2003

Moments of Brilliance but not as good as his other work

A short synopsis - the family patriarch returns to Israel from America to seek a divorce from his estranged, and institionalized wife who is living in an institution. Along the way in a James Joyce-like fashion, we hear from each key character in the family dynamic. The young grandson, the son,...

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Posted: Dec-10-1998

An Excellent (and comical) novel about family

A Late Divorce is one of my very favorites novels. This ordinary tale about the late divorce of a middle-aged couple, one of whom is in a mental institution, is told from the perspective of each member of the family: children, their spouses and mates, grandson,etc. I have rarely laughed so...

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