{"product_id":"the-retrospective-isbn-9780544157989","title":"The Retrospective","description":"\u003cstrong\u003eA \u003cem\u003eNew York Times Book Review\u003c\/em\u003e Editors’ Choice\u003cbr\u003eWinner, 2012 Prix du Meilleur Livre Étranger \u003c\/strong\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e“The greatest Hebrew novelist.” — \u003cem\u003eJewish Review of Books\u003c\/em\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eAn  aging Israeli film director has been invited to the pilgrimage city of  Santiago de Compostela for a retrospective of his work. When Yair Moses  arrives, a painting over his bed triggers a distant memory from one of  his early films: a scene that caused a rift with his brilliant but  difficult screenwriter. Upon his return to Israel, Moses decides to  travel to the south to look for his elusive former partner and propose a  new collaboration. But the screenwriter demands a price for it that  will have strange and lasting consequences.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eA searching and original novel by one of the world’s most esteemed writers, \u003cem\u003eThe Retrospective\u003c\/em\u003e is a meditation on mortality and intimacy, on the limits of memory and the struggle of artistic creation.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e“[\u003cem\u003eThe Retrospective\u003c\/em\u003e] moved me deeply.” — Vivian Gornick, \u003cem\u003eThe Nation \u003c\/em\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e“[Yehoshua] achieves an autumnal tone as he ruminates on memory’s slippery hold on life and on art.” —\u003cem\u003e The New Yorker\u003c\/em\u003e | \u003cp\u003e\"Yehoshua's intelligent and refined novel. . . about an aging Israeli director reviewing both his films and his life. . . recalls once again Faulkner's famous dictum that 'the past isn't dead. It isn't even past.'\" \u003cbr\u003e—\u003ci\u003eKirkus\u003c\/i\u003e (starred review) \u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\"Fascinating...beautiful.\"-\u003ci\u003eHa'ir\u003c\/i\u003e, Israel  \"An ambitious, engrossing, playfully testamentary novel\" -- \u003ci\u003eMoment\u003c\/i\u003e   \"With beautiful wordsmanship, Yehoshua entangles dignity and humiliation, repugnance and rapture, showing us how difficult they become to distinguish.\" --\u003ci\u003eBooklist\u003c\/i\u003e  “In his inimitable style, Yehoshua crafts a powerful allegory of modern Israeli Jewish identity.” – \u003ci\u003eHa’aretz\u003c\/i\u003e \"A study of the contested sources of Israeli identity\" -- \u003ci\u003eTablet\u003c\/i\u003e   \"Resolutely realistic\" -- \u003ci\u003eThe Los Angeles Review of Books\u003c\/i\u003e  \"Yehoshua delivers a stunning explanation of the ethics of art...A fluid and absorbing novel of ideas; highly recommended.\" -- \u003ci\u003eLibrary Journal\u003c\/i\u003e, starred  \"An elegant and graceful translation...intelligent and refined.\" -- \u003ci\u003eKirkus\u003c\/i\u003e, starred   \"Richly plotted\" -- \u003ci\u003eThe Jewish Week\u003c\/i\u003e \"Yehoshua is one of Israel’s most highly acclaimed writers, and ‘The Retrospective’ showcases the author at his finest. He offers a compelling study of character, and a powerful meditation on personal pain and loss, memory, regret, and atonement….a carefully observed portrait of a country in a perpetual state of conflict.\" -\u003ci\u003eThe Jewish Daily Forward \u003c\/i\u003e\"Filled with detailed and realistic descriptions even as myth and memory are explored, The Retrospective is deeply satisfying, rich sto- rytelling from this outstand- ing Israeli writer.\" -- The Chicago Jewish Star \"Achieves an autumnal tone as he ruminates on memory’s slippery hold on life and on art.\" -- \u003ci\u003eThe New Yorker\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"HarperVia","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":44890013794533,"sku":"NP9780544157989","price":19.99,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":false}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/1842\/7735\/files\/9780544157989.jpg?v=1730232373","url":"https:\/\/k12savings.com\/products\/the-retrospective-isbn-9780544157989","provider":"K12savings","version":"1.0","type":"link"}