Weeping Susannah by Alona Kimhi
Raw, funny and touching, Weeping Susannah is the story of a woman's struggle to learn to exprses herself, to live - perhaps even to love. Susannah Rabin, obsessive, hypersensitive and 33, lives with her mother in a claustrophobic Tel Aviv apartment - the perfect haven from the torment of human contact. That is, until her mother announces that her cousin Neo, from New York, is coming to stay. But the mysterious, multi-talented Neo's exotic charm proves irresistable - even to Susannah. Then, just as it seems Susannah might finally escape the prison of her own personality, her mother asks the obvious question: Just what exactly is Neo doing in Israel?
Kimhi's coming-of-age novel seduces with hypnotic effectiveness -- Lisa Darnell * Guardian *
A remarkable balancing actIt begins as a novel about a woman obsessed only with 'the small details' of her inner existence, yet ends up drawing almost every aspect of Israeli reality into focus * Independent *
Literature in the Russian tradition - quirky and soul-examining, with that heightened sense of the mystery of everyday life -- Anna Shapiro * Observer *
A remarkable balancing actIt begins as a novel about a woman obsessed only with 'the small details' of her inner existence, yet ends up drawing almost every aspect of Israeli reality into focus * Independent *
Literature in the Russian tradition - quirky and soul-examining, with that heightened sense of the mystery of everyday life -- Anna Shapiro * Observer *
Alona Kimhi was born in the Ukraine in 1966 and emigrated to Israel with her family at the age of six. She studied drama and has worked as an actress, playwright and theatre director. A volume of her short stories, Lunar Eclipse, was published in 1996.
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| ISBN 13 | 9781860466304 |
| ISBN 10 | 1860466303 |
| Title | Weeping Susannah |
| Author | Alona Kimhi |
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| Binding Type | Paperback |
| Publisher | Vintage Publishing |
| Year published | 2002-05-02 |
| Number of pages | 400 |
| Cover note | Book picture is for illustrative purposes only, actual binding, cover or edition may vary. |
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