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Almost everything in Eli's life seems headed for trouble. A sharp-tongued boy who suffers from eating disorders, he lives in a neighbourhood of shacks in south Tel Aviv with Sima, his birth mother, and her husband Yafet, both addicts trying to get clean. The neighbours call him a maniac, and his literature teacher brands him a 'noble savage' as an insult. A compulsive reader, Eli loves from afar the beautiful Anna Bobkin and tries to protect her, and he is torn between worry for his mother and the wish to live with his father, Yom-Tov, an all-round artist with unconventional views who lives in the same neighbourhood. Amid the pressure and violence around him, a small family quarrel begins to grow.

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About the book

Form

Novel

Length

270 pages in the original

Genres

Coming of age, Family (assigned by AI)

Set in

Israel

First published

2003 by Keter

Author's age

40 when first published

ISBN

9789650712259 (original)