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01944aam a2200289 i 4500 001 9A710AC8F0B811EE9EC0998A3BECA4DB 003 SILO 005 20240402011628 008 230518t20242018nyu 000 1 eng d 020 $a 1954404239 020 $a 9781954404236 (softcover) 035 $a (OCoLC)1379220550 040 $a YDX $b eng $e rda $c YDX $d BDX $d OCLCO $d OCO $d OCLCO $d CWJ $d SILO 041 1 $a eng $h heb 082 04 $a 892.43 $2 23 100 1 $a Arad, Maya, $d 1971- $e author. 245 14 $a The Hebrew teacher : $b three novellas / $c Maya Arad ; translated by Jessica Cohen. 260 $a New York, New York : $b New Vessel Press, $c 2024. 300 $a 313 pages ; $c 20 cm 520 $a Three Israeli women, their lives altered by immigration to the United States, seek to overcome crises. Ilana is a veteran Hebrew instructor at a Midwestern college who has built her life around her career. When a young Hebrew literature professor joins the faculty, she finds his post-Zionist politics pose a threat to her life's work. Miriam, whose son left Israel to make his fortune in Silicon Valley, pays an unwanted visit to meet her new grandson and discovers cracks in the family's perfect façade. Efrat, another Israeli in California, is determined to help her daughter navigate the challenges of middle school, and crosses forbidden lines when she follows her into the minefield of social media. In these three stirring novellas--comedies of manners with an ambitious blend of irony and sensitivity--celebrated Israeli author Maya Arad probes the demise of idealism and the generation gap that her heroines must confront. 546 $a In English, translated from Hebrew. 650 0 $a Israelis $z United States $v Fiction. 655 7 $a Novellas. $2 lcgft 700 1 $a Cohen, Jessica $c (Translator), $e translator. 941 $a 1 952 $l GBPF771 $d 20240402012835.0 956 $a http://locator.silo.lib.ia.us/search.cgi?index_0=id&term_0=9A710AC8F0B811EE9EC0998A3BECA4DBInitiate Another SILO Locator Search