num_pages: 259
description: A powerful and tragicomic blend of politics and personal destiny, "Black Box" records in a series of letters the wrecked marriage of Ilana and Alex. Seven years of silence following their bitter divorce is broken when Ilana writes to Alex for help over their wayward and illiterate son, Boaz, and old emotional scars are reopened.
language: English
title: Black Box
titlecomplete: Black Box
genres: Jewish, 20th Century, Literary Fiction, Novels, Israel, Literature, Classics, Romance, Fiction, Contemporary
ratings_count: 3733
awards: awardedAt: 568022400000
name: Prix Femina
category: Étranger
publisher: Vintage