Written by one of Israeli's most well-known writers, this novel us about a very dysfunctional family, and starts with a murder dressed up as the third in a series of struggling farmers. We follow the family and its myriad of problems over three generations, especially but not limited to marital infidelity. Shalev pulls on reader's heartstrings and weaves religion, the tribulations of farming, the beauty of the landscape, and retribution into his twisted story. Sadly though, there are too many POVs, creating not just a lack of coherence, but actually a dissonance. It was very hard to make sense of who was narrating, who was missing and why until the very end. ( )

Good writing, but very similar to his other two books--THE PIGEON & THE BOY & MY RUSSIAN GRANDMOTHER & HER AMERICAN VACUUM CLEANER.

An Israeli couple lose their 6 year old son to a snakebite. Father goes into HYBERNATION while the mother is telling the story--brings skeletons from the closet and old memories. ( )

ספר מעולה.
התבוננות אמיצה על ההויה הישראלית המעצבת של האליטות היורדות
צבא, חלוציות.

ועל החוויה הישראלית
אלמנות ושכול ( )

Starke Geschichte, klare Sprache. ( )

מאיר שליו כתב שוב את הספר היחיד שהוא יודע לכתוב. עברית, צמחים, חיות, עמק, עליה שנייה,אלימות, גיבורים מיתולוגיים ושוב עברית ( )