Cafe Shira by David Ehrlich

Cafe Shira by David Ehrlich

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Closely based on the author’s own experiences over the twenty-five years he devoted to running a café that became an important Jerusalem cultural venue and landmark, Café Shira is a work of disarming tenderness and bittersweet love.

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Cafe Shira by David Ehrlich

Closely based on the author's own experiences over the twenty-five years he devoted to running a cafe that became an important Jerusalem cultural venue and landmark, Cafe Shira is a work of disarming tenderness and bittersweet love.
David Ehrlich (1959-2020) was the author of three short story collections, 18 Blue, Tuesday and Thursday Mornings, and Who Will Die Last: Stories of Life in Israel. His literary café and bookstore, Tmol Shilshom, was a haven for avant-garde artists and writers, and the site of numerous readings by eminent authors.

Michael Swirsky is a translator of Hebrew fiction, nonfiction, and poetry. His work has been published by the University of Chicago Press, Yale University Press, Houghton Mifflin, and the Free Press, among others.
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ISBN 13 9780815611424
ISBN 10 0815611420
Title Cafe Shira
Author David Ehrlich
Series Judaic Traditions In Literature Music And Art
Condition Unavailable
Binding Type Paperback
Publisher Syracuse University Press
Year published 2022-06-14
Number of pages 224
Cover note Book picture is for illustrative purposes only, actual binding, cover or edition may vary.