{"product_id":"the-extra-paperback","title":"The Extra - Paperback","description":"\u003cp\u003eby \u003cb\u003eA. B. Yehoshua\u003c\/b\u003e (Author)\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003e\"Engaging . . . Yehoshua is a master in his visual sketches of scenes.\" --\u003ci\u003eNew York Times Book Review\u003c\/i\u003e \u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \"[A] finely etched new novel . . . A marvel of a book.\" -- \u003ci\u003eHaaretz?\u003c\/i\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \"Four and a half decades after his first book's publication, his twentieth shows Yehoshua's writing chops are undiminished and his content fearlessly topical.\" -- \u003ci\u003eNew York Journal of Books\u003c\/i\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e Noga, forty-two and divorced, is a harpist with an orchestra in the Netherlands. Upon the sudden death of her father, she is summoned home to Jerusalem by her brother to help make decisions in urgent family and personal matters. Returning also means facing a former husband who left her when she refused him children, but whose passion for her remains even though he is remarried and the father of two. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e For her imposed three-month residence in Israel, her brother finds her work as an extra in movies, television, and opera. These new identities undermine the firm boundaries of behavior heretofore protected by the music she plays, and Noga, always an extra in someone else's story, takes charge of the plot. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003ci\u003eThe Extra\u003c\/i\u003e is Yehoshua at his liveliest storytelling best--a bravura performance. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cb\u003e\"Rich in reflection and personal truth . . . Masterful.\" -- \u003ci\u003eKirkus Reviews, \u003c\/i\u003e starred review \u003c\/b\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \"Award-winning Israeli novelist Yehoshua gives moral force, even grandeur, to the inevitable push-pull of one family's life.\" -- \u003ci\u003eLibrary Journal, \u003c\/i\u003e starred review\u003ch3\u003eAuthor Biography\u003c\/h3\u003e\u003cp\u003eA. B. YEHOSHUA is the author of numerous novels, including \u003ci\u003eMr. Mani\u003c\/i\u003e and \u003ci\u003eA Woman in Jerusalem\u003c\/i\u003e. He has received the Israel Prize, the National Jewish Book Award, and the Prix Médicis Étranger, among many other awards and prizes. He lives in Tel Aviv, Israel.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eNumber of Pages:\u003c\/strong\u003e 256\u003c\/div\u003e\u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eDimensions:\u003c\/strong\u003e 0.7 x 8 x 5.3 IN\u003c\/div\u003e\u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003ePublication Date:\u003c\/strong\u003e June 20, 2017\u003c\/div\u003e","brand":"Books by splitShops","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":47453247897778,"sku":"9780544944428","price":14.99,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0770\/3891\/1666\/files\/83fdcd862d2282c9100f054be45bc928.webp?v=1778825036","url":"https:\/\/box.dadyminds.org\/products\/the-extra-paperback","provider":"DADYMINDS BOX","version":"1.0","type":"link"}