Jair sieht eines Tages eine fremde Frau, Mirjam, und ist von ihr hypnotisiert. Er schreibt ihr und die beiden beginnen, sich in Briefen gegenseitig Geschichten zu erzählen. Jair zumeist solche aus seiner Traum- und Seelenwelt, Mirjam scheinbar aus ihrem täglichen Leben. Bis sie ihm nach und nach verrät: Die Wahrheit sieht leider ganz anders aus. Ein Liebesroman in Briefen und eine Geschichte über das Verhältnis zwischen Mann und Frau und ihre unterschiedlichen Erwartungen an die Liebe.

Zusatztext 'Extraordinary ... lust! frailty and fear are all laid bare ... the peeling away of lies and social restraints to disclose the naked soul is gripping' Informationen zum Autor David Grossman is the author of five novels as well as two groundbreaking works of journalism! THE YELLOW WIND and SLEEPING ON A WIRE; several children's books; and a play. His most recent novel was THE ZIGZAG KID. He lives in Jerusalem. Their correspondence unfolds into an exchange of their most naked confessions: of desire, childhood tragedies, joys, and humiliations. Through the dialogue between Yair - a family man and surprisingly successful adulterer, whose guarded letters reveal a life of duplicity - and Miriam, at first deceptively open and warm, who fills her life with distraction to avoid a past full of painful secrets, "Be My Knife" explores the nature and the limits of intimacy.A departure from David Grossman's previous work, Be My Knife is his subtlest, most passionate novel yet Zusammenfassung An awkward, neurotic seller of rare books writes a desperate letter to a beautiful stranger whom he sees at a class reunion. This simple, lonely attempt at seduction begins a love affair of words between Yair and Miriam. This work explores the nature and the limits of intimacy.

'Extraordinary ... lust, frailty and fear are all laid bare ... the peeling away of lies and social restraints to disclose the naked soul is gripping'

Vorwort
A departure from David Grossman's previous work, Be My Knife is his subtlest, most passionate novel yet

Autorentext
David Grossman is the author of five novels as well as two groundbreaking works of journalism, THE YELLOW WIND and SLEEPING ON A WIRE; several children's books; and a play. His most recent novel was THE ZIGZAG KID. He lives in Jerusalem.

Klappentext

Passionate novel about a tempestuous literary affair between two dissatisfied married people. From the prize-winning author of )The Yellow Wind(.

Zusammenfassung
An awkward, neurotic seller of rare books writes a desperate letter to a beautiful stranger whom he sees at a class reunion. This simple, lonely attempt at seduction begins a love affair of words between Yair and Miriam. This work explores the nature and the limits of intimacy.