שום גמדים לא יבואו

The town lies close to the border, and its people are always afraid of what may come from the other side. The local falafel king died six years ago, and his widow Simona and their six children still cannot accept it; each has found a private way to live with the loss. The novel is built of their voices over one night. Dudi, born with a spine shorter than his frame, watches over his younger brother Itzik, who raises a stray falcon in the old kitchen of their double flat. Kobi, the eldest, has had to act as head of the family and dreams of moving them all somewhere closer to the cities, though his dead-end factory job holds him back. Etti, already gone in spirit, mothers the twins born after their father died and wonders whether to tell them a secret. Their speech is the everyday talk of the periphery.

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About the book

Form

Novel

Length

254 pages in the original

Genres

Family (assigned by AI)

Set in

Israel

First published

2005 by Am Oved

Author's age

47 when first published

ISBN

9789651317941 (original)

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