The Remains of Love: A Novel
Jan 2014 · Bloomsbury Publishing USA
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Hemda Horovitz is nearing the end of her life. As she lies in bed in Jerusalem, memories from the past flood her thoughts: her childhood in the kibbutz spent under the gaze of her stern, pioneer father; the lake that was her only solace; and her own two children-one she could never love enough, and the other whom she loved too much.
Avner, the beloved child, has grown up to be a heavy, anguished man, disillusioned by his work and trapped in a loveless marriage. When visiting his mother in the hospital, he witnesses a devoted couple's final moments together; after the man's death Avner becomes obsessed with finding the woman, and a strange and delicate relationship unfolds.
Dina, Hemda's daughter, has put aside her career in order to give her teenage daughter, Nitzan, the warmth she never received from her own mother. But Nitzan is withdrawing from her, and Dina is overcome by a longing to adopt another child-a longing that, if fulfilled, may destroy her fragile family.
Zeruya Shalev's electrifying new novel is at once a meditation on the state of modern Israel and a profound exploration of family, yearning, compromise, and the insistent pull of the past.
Avner, the beloved child, has grown up to be a heavy, anguished man, disillusioned by his work and trapped in a loveless marriage. When visiting his mother in the hospital, he witnesses a devoted couple's final moments together; after the man's death Avner becomes obsessed with finding the woman, and a strange and delicate relationship unfolds.
Dina, Hemda's daughter, has put aside her career in order to give her teenage daughter, Nitzan, the warmth she never received from her own mother. But Nitzan is withdrawing from her, and Dina is overcome by a longing to adopt another child-a longing that, if fulfilled, may destroy her fragile family.
Zeruya Shalev's electrifying new novel is at once a meditation on the state of modern Israel and a profound exploration of family, yearning, compromise, and the insistent pull of the past.
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About the author
Zeruya Shalev was born at Kibbutz Kinneret, Israel. She is the author of five novels, including the international bestsellers Love Life, Husband and Wife, and Late Family, as well as a book of poetry and a children's book. Shalev has received the Book Publishers Association's Gold and Platinum Prizes and two ACUM Prizes (Israel), the Amphi Award and the Wizo Prize (France), and the Corine Literature Prize and the Welt Literature Prize (Germany). Her books have been translated into twenty-five languages. She lives in Israel.
Philip Simpson's Hebrew to English translations include The Lover by A. B. Yehoshua and Where the Jackals Howl by Amos Oz. He lives in Norfolk, England.
Philip Simpson's Hebrew to English translations include The Lover by A. B. Yehoshua and Where the Jackals Howl by Amos Oz. He lives in Norfolk, England.
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