Esau
by Meir Shalev
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A modern version of a classic biblical story about the rivalry of two brothers, Esau and Jacob. In this one, when Jacob steals his woman and inherits the family bakery, Esau emigrates to America to become a gourmet food columnist. By the author of The Blue Mountain, a noted Israeli writer.Tags
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Shalev did a fantastic job in adapting the biblical story of Jacob and Esau to a modern family saga set mostly in Jerusalem. As in The Blue Mountain, characters are markedly drawn and alive and descriptions abound. Shalev is truly a great writer and he has not disappointed me yet.
עד עמוד 200 בערך חשבתי שלפנינו גאון חדש. כתיבה מדהימה בעושר שפתה ודימוייה. אך לאט לאט ההתלהבות שלי שכחה. אין כוח מניע לסיפור. אין קוהרנטיות גלובלית. אין פיתוח גיבורים. הפאזל פשוט לא נופל למקום והסיפור לא הולך לשום מקום. חבל.
Oct 15, 2011Hebrew
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- Canonical title
- Esau
- Original title
- עשו
- Original publication date
- 1991
- First words*
- Hertog Willem von Gessler was vijf jaar oud toen hij om het leven kwam door een jachtongeluk.
- Last words*
- (Click to show. Warning: May contain spoilers.)De regen was al opgehouden, de hemel was helder en de lucht van brood brak los uit de bakkerij van mijn broer Jakob.
- Original language
- Hebrew
*Some information comes from Common Knowledge in other languages. Click "Edit" for more information.
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- Genres
- Fiction and Literature, General Fiction
- DDC/MDS
- 892.436 — Literature & rhetoric Literatures of other languages Afro-Asiatic literatures Jewish, Israeli, and Hebrew Hebrew fiction 1947–2000
- LCC
- PJ5054 .S37 .E8 — Language and Literature Oriental languages and literatures Oriental philology and literature Hebrew Literature Individual authors and works
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- 191
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- 171,345
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- 3
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- Languages
- 8 — Dutch, English, French, German, Hebrew, Italian, Portuguese, Russian
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- Paper
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- 15
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