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Mira Magen

מירה מגן

Born 1950 · Israel

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    Sapir 2001 · Shortlist

    בשוכבי ובקומי, אישה

    Be-shokhvi uve-kumi, ishah

    Title translated by AI:“When I Lie Down and When I Rise, a Woman”

    Mira Magen · 50 when first published

    Novel · 284 pages · Love, Family

    AI-generated summary:Zohara, an unmarried hospital nurse, has a baby and gives herself wholly to motherhood, until a man knocks on her door and she must ask whether she can be a mother and a beloved woman at once.