The Lover

A. B. Yehoshua (1936-2022)  was born in Jerusalem to a  Sephardi  family. Drawing comparisons to William Faulkner and described by Saul Bellow as “ one of Israel's world-class writers, ” Yehoshua, an ardent humanist and titan of storytelling, distinguished himself from contemporaries with his diverse exploration of Israeli identity. His work, which has been translated into twenty-eight languages, includes two National Jewish Book Award winners (Five Seasons  and  Mr. Mani) and has received countless  honors worldwide, including the International Booker Prize shortlist and the Los Angeles Times Book Prize (Woman in Jerusalem).