description: Yochanan Rivlin, a professor at Haifa University, is a man of boundless and often naive curiosity. His wife, Hagit, a district judge, is tolerant of almost everything but her husband's faults and prevarications. Frequent arguments aside, they are a well-adjusted couple with two grown sons.When one of Rivlin's students-a young Arab bride from a village in the Galilee-is assigned to help with his research in recent Algerian history, a two-pronged mystery develops. As they probe the causes of the bloody Algerian civil war, Rivlin also becomes obsessed with his son's failed marriage. Rivlin's search leads to a number of improbable escapades. In this comedy of manners, at once deeply serious and highly entertaining, Yehoshua brilliantly portrays characters from disparate sectors of Israeli life, united above all by a very human desire for, and fear of, the truth in politics and life.
language: English
title: The Liberated Bride
titlecomplete: The Liberated Bride
genres: Jewish, Novels, Israel, Literature, Romance, Fiction, Contemporary
ratings_count: 751
awards: awardedAt: 1009872000000
name: Sapir Prize
category: Literature, awardedAt: 1072944000000
name: PEN Translation Prize
category: Hillel Halkin, awardedAt: 1072944000000
name: Jewish Quarterly-Wingate Prize
category: Fiction, awardedAt: 1041408000000
name: Premio Tomasi di Lampedusa, awardedAt: 1167638400000
name: Premio San Clemente Rosalía-Abanca
category: Lingua estranxeira
publisher: Turtleback Books