num_pages: 368
description: A husband’s search for his wife’s lover, lost amid the turbulence of the Yom Kippur War, is the heart of this dreamlike novel. Through five different perspectives, Yehoshua explores the realities and consequences of the affair and the search, laying bare deep-rooted tensions within family, between generations, between Jews and Arabs.
language: English
title: The Lover
titlecomplete: The Lover (Love & War Trilogy, #1)
genres: Jewish, 20th Century, Asia, Historical Fiction, Cultural, Novels, Israel, Literature, Fiction, Contemporary
ratings_count: 1756
places: Israel
series: Trilogia d'amore e di guerra
publisher: HarperVia