Dreaming the Actual: Contemporary Fiction and Poetry by Israeli Women Writers

Book Overview

This book introduces the powerful and provocative new fiction and poetry of Israel's women writers to an English-speaking audience. Read together, the stories and poems in this book will help to create a more sophisticated understanding of Middle Eastern passions and realities, and will foster a wealth of discussion about the meanings of homeland, exile, and diaspora; women's sexuality and spirituality; gender roles; the legacy of the Holocaust; the...

• Format: Hardcover
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0791445577
• ISBN13: 9780791445570
• Release Date: May 2000
• Publisher: State University of New York Press
• Length: 414 Pages
• Weight: 0.25 lbs.
• Dimensions: 1.1" x 6.2" x 9.3"