savyon liebrecht's a good place for the night
liebrecht is one of my favorite israeli authors, so i was quite pleased to discover a new book of her short stories in translation. i actually hesitate a little about calling them short stories--most of them are around 50 pages, which is just the perfect length. each story is named for a location and each takes place in a different city, except for the final, titular story, which is a post-apocalyptic nightmare of sorts. for me, the last two stories in the collection--also the most experimental--were the weakest, but the first five had me enthralled. they deal mainly with love and loss and home and place and are all quite lovely.
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