A Late Divorce
A Late Divorce is a novel written by A. B. Yehoshua, originally published in Hebrew.
 First edition | |
| Author | A. B. Yehoshua |
|---|---|
| Translator | Hillel Halkin |
| Language | English |
| Subject | Relationships |
| Published | 1984, Doubleday |
| Media type | |
| Pages | 364 |
| ISBN | 978-0385155748 |
| 892.4/36 | |
| LC Class | PJ5054.Y42 G413 |
Synopsis
Five years after being attacked at knifepoint by his wife, Yehuda Kaminka returns to Israel from the United States in order to divorce her. The novel follows the lives of individuals in the Kaminka family, including Naomi (Yehuda's institutionalized wife), and the couple's adult children (Tsvi, Asa, and Ya'el), among others.[1] Each of the children's lives is fraught with peril: Asa, a university lecturer in Jerusalem, is caught in a sexless marriage with the aspiring writer Dina, Tsvi spends his days in Tel Aviv lamenting over his relationship with his father and using his middle-aged homosexual lover, and Ya'el, the couple's daughter, is married to a widely-disliked lawyer.[2] The novel, like Yehoshua's debut novel The Lover, is told from a first-person point of view, with each chapter from the view of a different character, and explores themes of unfulfilled romance, Jewish diaspora, social crises, and generational estrangement.[3]
References
- Spice, Nicholas (1985-02-07). "Forgetting". London Review of Books. Retrieved June 14, 2019.
- Annan, Gabriele (1984-06-14). "Breaking Up in Haifa". ISSN 0028-7504. Retrieved 2019-06-15.
- Bloom, Harold (1984-02-19). "Domestic Derangements". The New York Times. ISSN 0362-4331. Retrieved 2019-06-15.
External links
- "A Late Divorce by Abraham B. Yehoshua — Reviews, Discussion, Bookclubs, Lists". goodreads.com. Retrieved 22 June 2014.