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Be my knifeדויד גרוסמן

Be my knife

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"An awkward, neurotic seller of rare books writes a desperate letter to a beautiful stranger whom he sees at a class reunion. This lonely attempt at seduction begins a love affair of words between Yair and Miriam, two married, middle-aged adults dissatisfied with their lives, yearning for the connection that has always eluded them - and, eventually, reawakened to feelings that they thought had passed them by. Their correspondence unfolds into an exchange of their most naked confessions: of desire, joys, humiliations, and old sorrows." "Through the dialogue between Yair, a family man and…

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4 editions
  • Paperback · English · 2003
    Bloomsbury Publishing PLC · 320 pages · 9780747561484
  • Paperback · English · 2003
    Picador · 320 pages · 9780312421472
  • Hardcover · English · 2002
    Bloomsbury · 320 pages · 9780747549529
  • Other · English · 2001
    Farrar, Straus and Giroux · 307 pages · 9780374299774
Middle-aged personsMan-woman relationshipsJewish booksellersLove-lettersFictionAdulteryBooksellers and booksellingClass reunions