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The brilliant new Israeli novel you need to read right now

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Published: 17 August 2017

Last updated: 5 March 2024

Finally out in English, Orly Castel-Bloom’s An Egyptian Novel is a manual for living with defeat

Too little praise for a great Israeli book (Tablet)
In this acclaimed story, the Israeli author has committed herself to the novelist’s real task, namely the compassionate interrogation of human emotion (Aug 9)

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Photo: Orly Castel-Bloom (Youtube)

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