- Sapir Prize for Literature 2012 · Shortlist
Petty Business
בזעיר אנפין · Bi-ze'ir anpin
Yirmi Pinkus (ירמי פינקוס, born 1966)
Translated by Evan Fallenberg, Yardenne Greenspan
English editions
In EnglishPetty Business
Syracuse University Press · United States · 2017 · Paperback · 256 pages
Petty Business
Syracuse University Press · United States · 2017 · Hardcover · 256 pages
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Tel Aviv, 1989: a comfortable shopkeeper and his wife want their usual autumn trip to an Alpine resort, but this year she insists on bringing her hard-up sister, then other relatives sign on, and to fund the outing the clan starts selling cheap clothes at fashion shows for workers' groups, as profits rise and family quarrels deepen.
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About the book
- Form
- Novel
- Length
- 310 pages in the original
- Genres
- Family, Satire (assigned by AI)
- Set in
- Israel, 1989
- First published
- 2012 by Am Oved
- Author's age
- 46 when first published
- ISBN
9789651322976 (original)
9780815635512 (Syracuse University Press, United States)
9780815610915 (Syracuse University Press, United States)