Textile
A wealthy Israeli family is at a precipice in their lives in this nuanced, contemporary novel. As Amanda Gruber, the matriarch of the family, undergoes an invasive cosmetic procedure, Lirit, her rebellious daughter, takes over operations at the family's pajama factory. Her brother Dael serves in the Israeli army as a sniper, while Irad, their neglectful father, a genius scientist, travels to the United States to conduct research on flak jackets. Each family member is pulled in conflicting directions, forced to examine their contentious relationships to one another. With surprising humor, "Textile" details the gradual disintegration of a family strained by distance and the corrosive effects of consumerism and militarism.
Orly Castel-Bloom is considered a leading voice in Hebrew literature today. Her postmodern classic "Dolly City" has been included in UNESCO's Collection of Representative Works, and was nominated in 2007 as one of the ten most important books since the creatio...
Author: Castel-Bloom Orly
Year of publication: 2013
Number of pages: 195
Reading time: 3 h. 15 min.
Formats: FB2, EPUB, PDF
