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January 28, 2021

In His Latest Novel, A.B. Yehoshua Toys with His Favorite Themes: Unrequited Lust and Palestinians

Is there a light at the end of his tunnel?

Now an octogenarian, A.B. Yehoshua can firmly lay claim to the status of Israel’s foremost serious novelist. His latest literary contribution, The Tunnel, appeared in English translation last summer. By following an aging engineer named Zvi Luria as he faces the rapid erosion of his cognitive faculties, the work demonstrates that Yehoshua hasn’t lost his own, as Robert Alter writes in his review:

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January 28, 2021

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  5. In His Latest Novel, A.B. Yehoshua Toys with His Favorite Themes: Unrequited Lust and Palestinians

    Is there a light at the end of his tunnel?