Four Meals

Author:   Meir Shalev ,  Barbara Harshav
Publisher:   Canongate Books
Edition:   Main
ISBN:  

9781841951140


Pages:   336
Publication Date:   01 January 2001
Format:   Paperback
Availability:   In Print   Availability explained
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Author:   Meir Shalev ,  Barbara Harshav
Publisher:   Canongate Books
Imprint:   Canongate Books
Edition:   Main
Dimensions:   Width: 12.90cm , Height: 2.00cm , Length: 19.80cm
Weight:   0.226kg
ISBN:  

9781841951140


ISBN 10:   1841951145
Pages:   336
Publication Date:   01 January 2001
Audience:   General/trade ,  General
Format:   Paperback
Publisher's Status:   Active
Availability:   In Print   Availability explained
This item will be ordered in for you from one of our suppliers. Upon receipt, we will promptly dispatch it out to you. For in store availability, please contact us.
Language:   English

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Over the course of four meals, Zayde slowly comes to understand why three men consider him their son and why all three participate in raising him. A virtuoso performance in storytelling, Shalev's novel is deeply satisfying-sensuous, hilarious, compassionate, and prfound. Told in a euphonic voice and employing the magic conventions of a fairytale, this is a heart-warming narrative agleam with moments of plangent sadness, rueful humor, and compassionate insight.


In a rural village in Palestine's Jezreel Valley, the enigmatic Judith is torn between three suitors - a widowed farmer, a coarse cattle dealer and a man who breeds canaries. Decades later, over the 'four meals' of the book's English title, her son Zayde gradually learns about the three men who all look upon him as their son. Who is his real father? Does it matter? Bittersweet and highly lyrical - Shalev's prose has been compared to that of Gabriel Garcia Marquez - this is an unabashed piece of magic realism, complete with mythology, proverbs, animal messengers and even a ghost. (Kirkus UK)


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MEIR SHALEV lives in Jerusalem, where he is widely known for his work as a TV presenter and journalist. He is the author of numerous children's books as well as novels, including the highly acclaimed Esau and Roman Russi. He introduces Samuel (The Pocket Canons II).

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