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A Man and a Woman and a Man

From one of Israel's most acclaimed authors, here is a powerful novel of intertwined passion and mourning. In the unlikely setting of a Tel Aviv nursing home, Hanutal, wife and mother, falls in love "in a blinding storm of emotion." While visiting her mother, a Holocaust survivor with Alzheimer's, she meets a man tenderly caring for his father in the room across the hall. After an exchange of only a few words, she cannot forget him. As her mother begins to reveal disturbing secrets from the wr and painful memories are awakened, Hamutal grows more and more obsessed, until finally she believes that only this man can ring her joy in the midst of such sadness. 

Praise for the Book: 
"A finely wrought novel....strikes an original note." —Washington Post Book World

"Rewarding psychological depth...A true and resonant and meaningful story...[told] with a sure storyteller's skill." — Jerusalem Post

About the Author: 
Savyon Liebrecht is the author of many collections of short stories, including Apples from the Desert. A Man and a Woman and a Man was a critically acclaimed  bestseller in Israel. 

Also Available at Persea by Savyon Liebrecht: 
The Women My Father Knew
A Good Place for the Night

Hardcover / $14.00 (Can $21.00) / ISBN 978-0-89255-297-9 / 256 pages / Fiction