The Resource The tunnel, A.B. Yehoshua ; translated from the Hebrew by Stuart Schoffman
The tunnel, A.B. Yehoshua ; translated from the Hebrew by Stuart Schoffman
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- Summary
- Until recently, Zvi Luria was a healthy man in his seventies, an engineer living in Tel Aviv with his wife, Dina, visiting with their two children whenever possible. Now he is showing signs of early dementia, and his work on the tunnels of the Trans-Israel Highway is no longer possible. To keep his mind sharp, Zvi decides to take a job as the unpaid assistant to Asael Maimoni, a young engineer involved in a secret military project: a road to be built inside the massive Ramon Crater in the northern Negev Desert. The challenge of the road, however, is compounded by strange circumstances. Living secretly on the proposed route, amid ancient Nabatean ruins, is a Palestinian family under the protection of an enigmatic archaeological preservationist. Zvi rises to the occasion, proposing a tunnel that would not dislodge the family. But when his wife falls sick, circumstances begin to spiral
- Language
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- eng
- heb
- eng
- Extent
- 320 pages
- Note
- "Originally published in Hebrew under the title HaMinharah by Hakibbutz Hameuchad, Tel Aviv, 2018"--Verso
- Isbn
- 9781912600038
- Label
- The tunnel
- Title
- The tunnel
- Statement of responsibility
- A.B. Yehoshua ; translated from the Hebrew by Stuart Schoffman
- Language
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- eng
- heb
- eng
- Summary
- Until recently, Zvi Luria was a healthy man in his seventies, an engineer living in Tel Aviv with his wife, Dina, visiting with their two children whenever possible. Now he is showing signs of early dementia, and his work on the tunnels of the Trans-Israel Highway is no longer possible. To keep his mind sharp, Zvi decides to take a job as the unpaid assistant to Asael Maimoni, a young engineer involved in a secret military project: a road to be built inside the massive Ramon Crater in the northern Negev Desert. The challenge of the road, however, is compounded by strange circumstances. Living secretly on the proposed route, amid ancient Nabatean ruins, is a Palestinian family under the protection of an enigmatic archaeological preservationist. Zvi rises to the occasion, proposing a tunnel that would not dislodge the family. But when his wife falls sick, circumstances begin to spiral
- Cataloging source
- QPPL
- http://library.link/vocab/creatorName
- Yehoshua, Abraham B
- Index
- no index present
- Language note
- Translated from the Hebrew
- Literary form
- fiction
- http://library.link/vocab/relatedWorkOrContributorName
- Schoffman, Stuart
- http://library.link/vocab/subjectName
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- Man-woman relationships
- Memory
- Tunnels
- Engineers
- Secrecy
- Dementia
- Older men
- Husband and wife
- Palestinian Arabs
- Israel
- Label
- The tunnel, A.B. Yehoshua ; translated from the Hebrew by Stuart Schoffman
- Note
- "Originally published in Hebrew under the title HaMinharah by Hakibbutz Hameuchad, Tel Aviv, 2018"--Verso
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- volume
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- nc
- Carrier MARC source
- rdacarrier
- Content category
- text
- Content type code
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- txt
- Content type MARC source
- rdacontent
- Control code
- 000066781459
- Dimensions
- 22 cm.
- Extent
- 320 pages
- Isbn
- 9781912600038
- Isbn Type
- (pbk.)
- Lccn
- 2020376720
- Media category
- unmediated
- Media MARC source
- rdamedia
- Media type code
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- n
- System control number
- (OCoLC)1142667642
- Label
- The tunnel, A.B. Yehoshua ; translated from the Hebrew by Stuart Schoffman
- Note
- "Originally published in Hebrew under the title HaMinharah by Hakibbutz Hameuchad, Tel Aviv, 2018"--Verso
- Carrier category
- volume
- Carrier category code
-
- nc
- Carrier MARC source
- rdacarrier
- Content category
- text
- Content type code
-
- txt
- Content type MARC source
- rdacontent
- Control code
- 000066781459
- Dimensions
- 22 cm.
- Extent
- 320 pages
- Isbn
- 9781912600038
- Isbn Type
- (pbk.)
- Lccn
- 2020376720
- Media category
- unmediated
- Media MARC source
- rdamedia
- Media type code
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- n
- System control number
- (OCoLC)1142667642
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