Tag Archives: Hebrew

The Great Untranslated: Days of Ziklag by S. Yizhar

Posted on May 21, 2017 by

 Days of Ziklag is the longest novel in Hebrew literature. Its collective protagonist is a commando unit of Israeli soldiers fighting against the Egyptian troops for the possession of a strategic hilltop during the 1948 Arab-Israeli War. Most of the novel is … Continue reading →

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Forthcoming: A Room by Youval Shimoni

Posted on May 25, 2015 by

While I’m trying to write a review of perhaps the most ambitious and insane untranslated novel of the last century, let me introduce to you another spectacular novel, which luckily for many, has been translated into English and is due … Continue reading →

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