{"title":"Maya Arad","description":"Maya Arad is the author of twelve books of Hebrew fiction, as well as studies in literary criticism and linguistics. Born in Israel in 1971, she received a PhD in linguistics from University College London and for the past twenty years has lived in California where she is currently writer in residence at Stanford University's Taube Center for Jewish Studies. She won a National Jewish Book Award for The Hebrew Teacher. Jessica Cohen shared the 2017 Man Booker International Prize with author David Grossman for her translation of A Horse Walks into a Bar. She has translated works by Amos Oz, Etgar Keret, Dorit Rabinyan, Ronit Matalon, Nir Baram, and others.","products":[{"product_id":"happy-new-years-paperback","title":"Happy New Years - Paperback","description":"\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003e\"Maya Arad is the smart, tart, and heartbroken sibyl of exile, who is remaking expectations of Hebrew literature book by book.\"--Joshua Cohen, Pulitzer Prize-winning author of \u003ci\u003eThe Netanyahus\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eAfter emigrating to the United States in the mid-1960s, Leah maintains her connection to Israel by writing an annual letter on the Jewish new year to her old friends from a women's teaching college. Comprising five decades of correspondence, the novel skillfully weaves together Leah's high hopes and deep disappointments as she navigates relationships, marriage, divorce, single motherhood, financial struggles, and professional ups and downs. Leah's relentless optimism and cheerfulness conceal disturbing truths behind her carefully crafted words. As her letters turn increasingly introspective, the secrets and shame that shaped her trajectory unravel. This is the epistolary novel at its best, inviting the reader to play detective and probe between the lines of Leah's insistently rosy portrayal of her life. Gradually piecing together her true circumstances, we are charmed into forgiving her minor deceptions and richly rewarded with the profound insights that Leah's self-constructed narrative reveals.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eReading group guide to \u003ci\u003eHappy New Years\u003c\/i\u003e is available for download free of charge at newvesselpress.com.\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"BooksCloud","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":50102888726751,"sku":"9781954404342","price":18.95,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0813\/8958\/4607\/files\/dgUHvIL_jH9781954404342.webp?v=1781087544"},{"product_id":"the-hebrew-teacher-paperback","title":"The Hebrew Teacher - Paperback","description":"\u003cp\u003e\"Intensely readable and beautifully observed . . . full of wisdom, generosity, humor, and sharp insights.\"\u003cb\u003e--Elif Batuman, author of \u003ci\u003eEither\/Or \u003c\/i\u003eand \u003ci\u003eThe Idiot\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eThree Israeli women, their lives altered by immigration to the United States, seek to overcome crises. Ilana is a veteran Hebrew instructor at a Midwestern college who has built her life around her career. When a young Hebrew literature professor joins the faculty, she finds his post-Zionist politics pose a threat to her life's work. Miriam, whose son left Israel to make his fortune in Silicon Valley, pays an unwanted visit to meet her new grandson and discovers cracks in the family's perfect façade. Efrat, another Israeli in California, is determined to help her daughter navigate the challenges of middle school, and crosses forbidden lines when she follows her into the minefield of social media. In these three stirring novellas--comedies of manners with an ambitious blend of irony and sensitivity--celebrated Israeli author Maya Arad probes the demise of idealism and the generation gap that her heroines must confront.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eReading group guide to \u003ci\u003eThe Hebrew Teacher\u003c\/i\u003e is available for download free of charge at newvesselpress.com.\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e","brand":"BooksCloud","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":50104754667743,"sku":"9781954404236","price":17.95,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0813\/8958\/4607\/files\/uSty3Xlxw19781954404236.webp?v=1781111250"}],"url":"https:\/\/blackandbarhe.com\/collections\/maya-arad.oembed","provider":"Black \u0026 Barhe Bookstore","version":"1.0","type":"link"}