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Dec 7, 2016 · Shmuel is immediately attracted to the house’s other inhabitant, Atalia Abravanel, who has a notable pedigree: Her father, Shealtiel Abravanel, was an early and prominent opponent of Israel’s...
The plot gradually reveals the dark connection between the characters, shedding light on Shealtiel Abravanel's (Atalia Abravanel's father) views on coexistence. The novel intertwines Shmuel's abandoned thesis on Jesus and Judas, offering a nuanced exploration of betrayal and political complexities. Awards
Sep 30, 2016 · Shealtiel Abravanel never actually lived. But Oz’s extraordinary invention — a dead provocateur whose unsettling legacy haunts the eerie house on Rabbi Elbaz Lane — frames a series of...
- Boyd Tonkin
Apr 25, 2017 · The other “ghost,” Atalia’s late father, Shealtiel Abravanel, suffered a political death in 1947 when his rejection of the Jewish state and his belief in Arab-Israeli friendship caused Israelis...
Instead, he becomes obsessed with an older woman—Atalia Abravanel—who runs the house. As Shmuel tries to win over this enchanting woman, he learns that her father—Wald’s son—was the renegade politician, Shealtiel Abravanel, “a kind of one-man opposition” in the late 1940s – a modern Judas.
Dec 26, 2016 · Shealtiel Abravanel was maligned as a traitor for breaking ranks with his Zionist colleagues, for his dreams of reconciliation and of the obsolescence of nationalism. Shealtiel’s nemesis, Ben-Gurion, was shunned for agreeing to the Partition Plan.
Nov 8, 2016 · Atalia Abravanel, the daughter of a deceased Zionist leader, a beautiful woman in her forties, entrances young Shmuel even as she keeps him at a distance. Piece by piece, the old Jerusalem stone house, haunted by tragic history and now home to the three misfits and their intricate relationship, reveals its secrets. “ [A] magnificent novel . . .
