Love Burns

By Mazya, Edna & Bilu, Dalya

Publishers Summary:
"Endless surprise twists and hilarious scenes. The finale leaves one happily astonished."-Elena Loewenthal, La Stampa "Starts out as a psychological drama and becomes a strange, funny, unexpected hybrid: a farce thriller. A great book."-Ma'ariv Ilan, a middle-aged professor of astrophysics, discovers that his young wife is having an affair. Terrified of losing her, he decides to confront her lover instead. Their meeting ends in the latter's murder-the unlikely murder weapon being Ilan's pipe-and in desperation, Ilan disposes of the body in the fresh grave of his kindergarten teacher. But when the body is discovered . . . Edna Mazya is one of Israel's most lauded and popular playwrights. In 1997 she received the Margalit Prize for her play Family Story. Her plays include The Uncle from Capetown, The Rebels, and Herod. This is her first novel.

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ISBN
978-1-93337-208-2
Publisher
Europa Editions


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Library Journal

Reviewed on February 15, 2006

A debut novel from a noted Israeli playwright presents a macabre set of scenes that sometimes resembles stage direction. Protagonist and narrator Ilan is a middle-aged professor of astrophysics at the Technion in Haifa, Israel. His life consists of a series of obsessions: Is his young, beautiful wife, N...Log In or Sign Up to Read More

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