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Ruby Namdar

ראובן נמדר

Born 1964 · Israel

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Books on prize lists

  • In English

    Sapir 2014 · Winner

    The Ruined House

    הבית אשר נחרב · ha-Bayit asher nehrav

    Ruby Namdar · 49 when first published

    Novel · 528 pages

    AI-generated summary:A successful and elegant New York professor of comparative culture, at ease with his career and his tangled love life, is suddenly overwhelmed by mystical visions of the priests' service in the Temple in Jerusalem.