Sunday, June 23, 2024

83. Israel

 One Night, Markovitch by Ayelet Gundar-Goshen

Yaacov Markovitch and his friend, Zeev Feinberg, set sail to marry two women, bring them home to Israel, and then divorce them so they may escape Nazi-occupied Europe. But when Markovitch sets eyes on his beautiful bride he is instantly in love; later refusing to divorce her and vowing to make her love him.

This is a funny and sad novel, with an interesting bit of history. It won the Sapir Prize for best debut novel in 2013.

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