Set in an upper-middle-class Tel Aviv apartment building, this bestselling and warmly acclaimed Israeli novel examines the interconnected lives of its residents, whose turmoils, secrets, unreliable confessions, and problematic decisions reveal a society in the midst of an identity crisis.
On the first floor, Arnon, a tormented retired officer who fought in the First Intifada, confesses to an army friend with a troubled military past how his obsession about his young daughter's safety led him to lose control and put his marriage in peril. Above Arnon lives Hani, known as "the widow," whose husband travels the world for his lucrative job while she stays at home with their two children, increasingly isolated and unstable. When her brother-in-law suddenly appears at their door begging her to hide him from loan sharks and the police, she agrees in spite of the risk to her family, if only to bring some emotional excitement into her life. On the top floor lives a former judge, Devora. Eager to start a new life in her retirement, Devora joins a social movement, desperately tries to reconnect with her estranged son, and falls in love with a man who isn't what he seems.
© 2017 HighBridge Audio (Audiolibro): 9781681688084
Traduttori: Sondra Silverston
Data di uscita
Audiolibro: 10 ottobre 2017
Set in an upper-middle-class Tel Aviv apartment building, this bestselling and warmly acclaimed Israeli novel examines the interconnected lives of its residents, whose turmoils, secrets, unreliable confessions, and problematic decisions reveal a society in the midst of an identity crisis.
On the first floor, Arnon, a tormented retired officer who fought in the First Intifada, confesses to an army friend with a troubled military past how his obsession about his young daughter's safety led him to lose control and put his marriage in peril. Above Arnon lives Hani, known as "the widow," whose husband travels the world for his lucrative job while she stays at home with their two children, increasingly isolated and unstable. When her brother-in-law suddenly appears at their door begging her to hide him from loan sharks and the police, she agrees in spite of the risk to her family, if only to bring some emotional excitement into her life. On the top floor lives a former judge, Devora. Eager to start a new life in her retirement, Devora joins a social movement, desperately tries to reconnect with her estranged son, and falls in love with a man who isn't what he seems.
© 2017 HighBridge Audio (Audiolibro): 9781681688084
Traduttori: Sondra Silverston
Data di uscita
Audiolibro: 10 ottobre 2017
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16 gen 2021
Tre monologhi scritti ognuno secondo lo stile adatto alle tre voci narranti, tre condomini che abitano ai tre diversi piani che rappresentano i tre stadi della psiche umana secondo Freud (istinto, io e super io). Ogni monologo è indirizzato a uns figura con grado crescente di distanza (amico, amica d'Infanzia, coniuge defunto) ma tutti e tre sono simili nella semplicità del linguaggio e nell'aderenza alle emozioni, più rilevanti dei fatti, spesso incerti, evanescenti. Semplicissimo da ascoltare in inglese anche senza avere una padronanza perfetta della lingua.
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5 stelle meritatissime. Il fatto che sia distribuito solo in lingua inglese è un pò proibitivo ma è semplice da seguire anche per chi non ha un’estrema dimestichezza con la lingua grazie ad una lettura perfetta della voce narrante. La storia è stupenda
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