by David Bezmozgis
In this fascinating novel, Bezmozgis takes real-life Israeli figures, mixes them together and puts them into practically impossible situations with consequences that a lifetime. You can read my revised review here https://tcl-bookreviews.com/2014/10/11/protections-and-professions/
Baruch Kotler has just arrived in Yalta to find that his hotel reservation has evaporated. His young mistress, Leora, wants to try the other hotels in the Crimean resort town but Baruch is ready to surrender and catch a bus back to the airport. At the station, a woman offers them a room for the week...
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