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Yankinton

by Shihor , Rachel
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Book cover type: Hardcover
  • ISBN13: 9780857427960
  • Binding: Hardcover
  • Subject: Creative Writing, Fiction
  • Publisher: Seagull Books
  • Publisher Imprint: Seagull
  • Publication Date:
  • Pages: 168
  • Original Price: 499.0 INR
  • Language: English
  • Edition: N/A
  • Item Weight: 290 grams

Set in the early days of the Jewish state, Yankinton tells the stories of refugees from the Holocaust and antisemitism who struggled to build new lives in Israel. rough the eyes of a young Orthodox Jewish girl growing up in Tel Aviv, we watch a colorful mosaic of characters from Soviet revolutionaries to weapons runners during the War of Independence. Faced with the difficulties of the traumatized adults around her, from panic attacks to suicide attempts, the girl seeks moments of wonder among the struggle and tragedy. We join her as she moves through the Tel Aviv streets, avoiding the spots exposed to Arab sniper fire; seeks literature of the wider world in a city awash in translations of Soviet propaganda novels; and navigates the idiosyncrasies of the adults around her. With her, we listen in on political discussions, reminiscences of Russia and wartime Eastern Europe, and Soviet revolutionary songs accompanied by balalaikas. We track the lives of the couple for which the novel is named. Mrs. Yankinton smuggled grenades in her baby’s carriage during Israel’s War of Independence; for years after, she would end every day standing at attention, alone in her living room, when the national anthem came over the radio. Mr. Yankinton, whose arrest as a revolutionary in Soviet Russia foiled his plans to study medicine, became the proud curator of the Zionist visionary Jabotinsky’s complete works. In this rich mosaic of scenes and characters from postwar Tel Aviv, Shihor muses on the vital significance of the act of remembering and of the search for flashes of magic in the darkness.

Rachel Shihor has written several works on philosophy, and a bilingual (Hebrew-English) collection of short stories Stalin Is Dead: Stories and Aphorisms on Animals, Poets and Other Earthly Creatures. Her most recent book was the novel Days of Peace, also published by Seagull Books. She lives in Tel Aviv. Sara Tropper is a translator and linguistic editor living in Efrat, Israel. Esther Frumkin is a translator living in the Jerusalem area. She grew up in Massachusetts and has lived in Israel since 1987.