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245 10 a| To the end of the land /c| David Grossman ; translated from the Hebrew by Jessica Cohen.;

250 a| 1st U.S. ed.;

260 a| New York :b| Alfred A. Knopf,c| 2010.;

300 a| 575 pages ;c| 25 cm;

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500 a| "This is a Borzoi book.";

520 a| Ora, a middle-aged Israeli mother, is on the verge of celebrating her son Ofer's release from army service when he returns to the front for a major offensive. she sets out for a hike in the Galilee, leaving no forwarding information for the "notifiers" who might darken her door with the worst possible news. Recently estranged from her husband, Ilan, she drags along their former best friend and her former lover Avram. Avram served in the army alongside Ilan when they were young. Avram was sent into Egypt and the Yom Kippur War, where he was brutally tortured as POW. In the aftermath, a virtual hermit, he refused to keep in touch with the family and has never met the boy. Ora supplies the whole story of her motherhood, a retelling that keeps Ofer very much alive and opens Avram to human bonds undreamed of in his broken world.;

546 a| Translated from the Hebrew.;

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To the end of the land / David Grossman ; translated from the Hebrew by Jessica Cohen.

Author/creator	Grossman, David
Other author	Cohen, Jessica (Translator)
Format	Book
Edition	1st U.S. ed.
Publication Info	New York : Alfred A. Knopf, 2010.
Description	575 pages ; 25 cm
Subjects	Mothers and sons--Fiction. --Israel. --Mothers and sons. --Fiction. Soldiers--Fiction. --Israel. --Soldiers. --Fiction. Families--Israel. --Fiction. Trails--Israel. --Fiction. War and society--Israel. --Fiction. Israel--History. --1967-1993. --Fiction. Israel--History. --1993-. --Fiction.

Uniform title	Ishah boraḥat mi-beśorah. English
Abstract	Ora, a middle-aged Israeli mother, is on the verge of celebrating her son Ofer's release from army service when he returns to the front for a major offensive. she sets out for a hike in the Galilee, leaving no forwarding information for the "notifiers" who might darken her door with the worst possible news. Recently estranged from her husband, Ilan, she drags along their former best friend and her former lover Avram. Avram served in the army alongside Ilan when they were young. Avram was sent into Egypt and the Yom Kippur War, where he was brutally tortured as POW. In the aftermath, a virtual hermit, he refused to keep in touch with the family and has never met the boy. Ora supplies the whole story of her motherhood, a retelling that keeps Ofer very much alive and opens Avram to human bonds undreamed of in his broken world.
General note	"This is a Borzoi book."
Language	Translated from the Hebrew.
LCCN	2010003915
ISBN	9780307592972
ISBN	0307592979

To the end of the land / David Grossman ; translated from the Hebrew by Jessica Cohen.

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