Paper Bride

Paper Bride

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NB: This is a secondhand book in very good condition. See our FAQs for more information. Please note that the jacket image is indicative only. A description of our secondhand books is not always available. Please contact us if you have a question about this title.
Author: Nava Semel

Format: Paperback

Number of Pages: 228


Seen through the eyes of an illiterate twelve-year-old boy, Nava Semel s moving, at times lyrical fiction explores life in the Palestine of the 1930s - a world where a young Jew is prepared to undertake multiple marriages to threatened East European women for patriotic reasons alone; where a boy s closest friends are a dog named after his hero Johnny Weissmuller (the screen Tarzan of blessed memory), his brother s first wife, and the girl next door. Semel weaves a rich evocation of love and pain and promises, written with eloquent humanity and verve
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NB: This is a secondhand book in very good condition. See our FAQs for more information. Please note that the jacket image is indicative only. A description of our secondhand books is not always available. Please contact us if you have a question about this title.
Author: Nava Semel

Format: Paperback

Number of Pages: 228


Seen through the eyes of an illiterate twelve-year-old boy, Nava Semel s moving, at times lyrical fiction explores life in the Palestine of the 1930s - a world where a young Jew is prepared to undertake multiple marriages to threatened East European women for patriotic reasons alone; where a boy s closest friends are a dog named after his hero Johnny Weissmuller (the screen Tarzan of blessed memory), his brother s first wife, and the girl next door. Semel weaves a rich evocation of love and pain and promises, written with eloquent humanity and verve