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A bedraggled detective is dispatched to an IDF base where a man was burned alive while making a training film. An art student in Paris breaks into a morgue to recreate Mantegna's Lamentation of Christ. A scripture (with commentary!) tells of a mythical nation uniting to construct a monument to their deity, then falling into chaos when no one can agree on its precise form or dimensions. Hailed from publication as one of the finest novels ever written in Hebrew, "A Room" is in the league of "Gravity's Rainbow" or "The Recognitions" a monumental, subversive classic of twentieth-century literature.
"If a common thread runs through the three sections of Youval Shimoni's A Room, it is a warning against the arrogance of the artist and a lament for the human condition." Read the full review here: http://bit.ly/2cJ5IpK#JewLit