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About this product
Product Identifiers
PublisherPortobello Books
ISBN-101846272211
ISBN-139781846272219
eBay Product ID (ePID)116444657
Product Key Features
Original LanguageHebrew
Book TitleFalafel King Is Dead
TopicGeneral
Number of Pages224 Pages
LanguageEnglish
GenreFiction
AuthorSara Shilo
FormatTrade Paperback
Dimensions
Item Length8.3 in
Item Width6 in
Additional Product Features
LCCN2011-379188
TitleLeadingThe
Dewey Edition23
Dewey Decimal892.437
SynopsisA heartbreaking, prize-winning novel set in a small Israeli town near the border with Lebanon that depicts with raw power the trauma of living in constant fear of attack., The town has lost its famed 'falafel king', but the Dadon family have also lost a father and husband. Living with the daily threat of missile attacks from neighbouring Lebanon, and struggling to survive amid the rubble of their lives, Simona and her three children each find their own way of coping with their grief, their fear, and their hopes. ..Raw, lyrical, shocking and moving, Sara Shilo's powerful debut novel recounts the life of an ordinary Israeli family over the course of a single, extraordinary day.