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      Bernhard

      by Yoel Hoffmann
      Published
      Nov 2006
      Main Genre
      Historical Historical
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      172
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      Set in 1940's Palestine, Bernhard concerns a German-Jewish widower.

      Devastated by the loss of his wife, Bernhard disconsolately walks the streets of Jerusalem, considering Gandhi, analysis, the beauty of his wife Paula's neck, his Arab neighbors, Kokoschka, the Messiah, and the inner life of his friend Gustav the plumber. As his hero tries to come to terms with his grief and the disasters of WWII, Hoffmann shows the slow remaking of an inner world.

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      General Fiction

      Subgenres

      Historical

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      Nov 2006 New Directions ISBN13 9780811216807 ISBN10 0811216802
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      Oct 1998 New Directions ISBN13 9780811213899 ISBN10 0811213897
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