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THE BEST PLACE ON EARTH
Winner of the Sami Rohr Prize for Jewish Literature
A riveting collection that illuminates the tenuous connections between cultures, between generations, and across the gulf of transformation and loss.
Confident, original and humane, the stories in The Best Place on Earth are peopled with characters at the crossroads of nationalities, religions and communities: expatriates, travellers, immigrants and locals.
In the powerfully affecting opening story, Tikkun, a chance meeting between a man and his former lover carries them through near tragedy and into unexpected peace. Casualties takes us into the militarya world every Israeli knows all too wellwith a brusque, sexy young female soldier who forges medical leave forms to make ends meet.
Poets, soldiers, siblings and dissenters, the protagonists here are mostly Israelis of Mizrahi background (Jews of Middle Eastern and North African descent), whose stories have rarely been told in literature. In illustrating the lives of those whose identities swing from fiercely patriotic to powerfully global, Ayelet Tsabari explores Israeli history even as she reveals the universality of war, love, heartbreak and hope.
AYELET TSABARI is an Israeli of Yemeni descent; she grew up in Israel, served in the army and moved to Canada in 1998. She is a graduate of the MFA in Creative Writing Program at the University of Guelph. Ayelet Tsabari lives in Toronto, where she is at work on a novel.
A riveting collection that illuminates the tenuous connections between cultures, between generations, and across the gulf of transformation and loss.
Confident, original and humane, the stories in The Best Place on Earth are peopled with characters at the crossroads of nationalities, religions and communities: expatriates, travellers, immigrants and locals.
In the powerfully affecting opening story, Tikkun, a chance meeting between a man and his former lover carries them through near tragedy and into unexpected peace. Casualties takes us into the militarya world every Israeli knows all too wellwith a brusque, sexy young female soldier who forges medical leave forms to make ends meet.
Poets, soldiers, siblings and dissenters, the protagonists here are mostly Israelis of Mizrahi background (Jews of Middle Eastern and North African descent), whose stories have rarely been told in literature. In illustrating the lives of those whose identities swing from fiercely patriotic to powerfully global, Ayelet Tsabari explores Israeli history even as she reveals the universality of war, love, heartbreak and hope.
AYELET TSABARI is an Israeli of Yemeni descent; she grew up in Israel, served in the army and moved to Canada in 1998. She is a graduate of the MFA in Creative Writing Program at the University of Guelph. Ayelet Tsabari lives in Toronto, where she is at work on a novel.
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Published 2013-03-01 by Harper Collins Canada |