Heatwave and crazy birds
By: Gabriela Avigur-Rotem ; translated by Dalya Bilu
Contributors: Bilu, Dalya
Edition: 1st ed.
Series: Hebrew literature series
Publisher: Dalkey Archive Press
Published: 2011
Place of publication: Champaign
Language: eng
Number of pages: 401
ISBN-13: 9781564786432
Subjects: Israeli fiction
Work titles: Ḥamsin ṿe-tsiporim meshugaʻot
Description: When her archeologist father died, Loya Kaplan left Israel seemingly for good, severing all ties to her past. Twenty-five years later, she's a flight attendant without friends or family, happiest in the temporary and artificial world of airports. Sleepwalking through life, Loya is summoned back to Israel following the death of Davidi, her father's nemesis.
Notes: "Originally published in Hebrew as Chamsin Ve-Tziporim Meshugaot by Keshet, Tel Aviv, 2001."