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"Nadia Danon is dead, of cancer. Her widower, Albert, a tax accountant, comforted by his old friend and colleague Bettine, is trying to put his life back together. His son, Enrico, has gone off to lose or find himself in Tibet. The son's girlfriend, Dita, is a filmmaker back in Israel, where she is making friendly, daughterly overtures to Albert - his response is less platonic. Meanwhile, Dita has another lover - Giggy may be crass, but at least he's uncomplicated - and a passionate but mildly repellent film producer lusts after her too. Through these intersecting triangles of desire and…
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16 editions · 8 languages- Paperback · English · 2002The Same SeaVintage · 208 pages · 9780099283959
- Other · English · 2015Same SeaPenguin Random House · 208 pages · 9781473521094
- Other · English · 2002Same SeaHoughton Mifflin Harcourt Publishing Company · 208 pages · 9780547710587
- Other · English · 2002Same SeaHoughton Mifflin Harcourt Trade & Reference Publishers · 9781299884601
- Other · English · 2002The Same SeaHarvest Books · 216 pages · 9780156013123
- Other · English · 2001The same seaChatto & Windus · 201 pages · 9780701169244
Interpersonal relationsFathers and sonsFictionFiction, generalFathers and sons, fictionNew York Times reviewedWidowersModern Hebrew literature













