Suddenly, love : a novel / Aharon Appelfeld ; translated from the Hebrew by Jeffrey M. Green.

"A poignant, heartbreaking new work by "one of the best novelists alive" (Irving Howe)--the story of a lonely older man and his devoted young caretaker who transform each other's lives in ways they could never have imagined. Ernst is a gruff seventy-year-old Red Army veteran from...

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Main Author: Apelfeld, Aharon (Author)
Other Authors: Green, Yaacov Jeffrey (Translator)
Format: Book
Language:English
Hebrew
Published: New York : Schocken Books, [2014]
Edition:First American Edition.
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Uniform Title:Pitʼom ahavah.

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