Aharon Megged

"Kalman Keren is a writer with a megalomaniac dream of writing the ultimate masterpiece of all time. Professor Schatz is a merciless literary critic who is every writer's nightmare - and who refused to review Keren's last book. Now Schatz and his wife have moved into the apartment above Keren's, and life in the small Tel Aviv building will never be the same." "Keren complains that Schatz's incessant banging on the typewriter is dooming him to eternal writer's block. Schatz complains that Keren's rabbits are noisy and disturbing. The battle lines are drawn." "Then Keren meets Naomi, Professor Shatz's lovely wife, who just happens to love Kerens work. All's fair in love and war, and this is definitely both ..." "A story of communal life that is also a witty satire of the writer-critic relationship."--Jacket.

"'Between the years 1945-1948, nearly 800 children and youths - holocaust orphans - were gathered in this house. They were survivors of the ghettos and concentration camps. Here the joys of youth and the belief in mankind, that was snatched from them, were restored to them. They learned their people's ancient tongue - the language of the Bible, and were prepared for life in their homeland - Israel. Here they learned to recognise and cherish the goodness of the Italian people.'". "These lines form part of a dedication plaque fixed to a house on the edge of the small village of Selvino in the Italian Alps. The house - formerly a home for the children of fascists - was run by a few soldiers from a Jewish-Palestinian unit of the British Army stationed in Northern Italy, headed by Moshe Zeirii. The children said: 'He was like a father to us.'". "In The Story of the Selvino Children, Aharon Megged follows the stories of the children who lived there for up to three years, based on interviews and conversations he had with them many years later. They told him the remarkable story of 'the house': from their Odyssey and their history before they reached Italy to detailed descriptions of the 'Children's Republic' established in Selvino and later the hurdles they had to surmount before reaching their homeland - The Promised Land."--BOOK JACKET.

120 p. Modern Hebrew literature written by Israeli writers who are influenced by their cultural background and the conflicts that they experience within, given the fact that they have each been raised since the establishment of the State - after the War of Independence.