A B Yehoshua's Reading List

The novelist, playwright and author, most recently, of “The Extra,” avoids suspense and sci-fi: “Very possibly I am missing out on important genres. But it’s too late to change my conservatism.”

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By the Book: A B Yehoshua (2016)

NYT By the Book column (2016-06-16).

Source: www.nytimes.com

The Rainbow

D.H. Lawrence · Buy on Amazon

"Reading Lawrence, I am amazed and edified by the raw emotional intensity of his characters."

In Search of Lost Time

Marcel Proust · Buy on Amazon

In Search of Lost Time

Marcel Proust · Buy on Amazon

Anna Karenina

Leo Tolstoy · Buy on Amazon

The Dead

James Joyce · Buy on Amazon

"James Joyce's "The Dead," the longest story in his marvelous "Dubliners," brings tears to one's eyes precisely because the revelation at the end is unexpected yet very believable."

A Rose for Emily

William Faulkner · Buy on Amazon

"I still marvel at its genius for compression. Faulkner manages to pack 40 years of a town's history into a short story."

Crime and Punishment

Fyodor Dostoyevsky · Buy on Amazon

"I'm fascinated by Raskolnikov in "Crime and Punishment." The novel has aspects of detective fiction but is ultimately a work of profound morality."

Cuore

Edmondo De Amicis · Buy on Amazon

"Each in its way shaped my literary world and instilled the urge to do my own writing."

The Willoughby Captains

Talbot Baines Reed · Buy on Amazon

"an amusing account of boarding-school life that taught me the importance of wit and humor in literature."

Sefer HaMaasim (The Book of Deeds)

S. Y. Agnon · Buy on Amazon

"He died in 1970, but his influence on Israeli literature continues to grow."

A Savage War of Peace

Alistair Horne · Buy on Amazon

"about the French colonial war in Algeria, a terrible war with aspects that parallel the conflict he persists in continuing with the Palestinians."

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