{"product_id":"pain-9781590510926","title":"Pain","description":"\u003cb\u003e\u003cb\u003e\"Zeruya Shalev is one of my favorite contemporary writers, her work always spiky and original, and \u003ci\u003ePain\u003c\/i\u003e is a searing book, a wild and ravenous story of family entanglement and impossible yearning.\" \u003cb\u003e\u003cb\u003e--\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/b\u003eLauren Groff, author of \u003ci\u003eFlorida\u003c\/i\u003e and \u003ci\u003eFates and Furies\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e \u003c\/b\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cb\u003eA powerful, astute novel that exposes how old passions can return, testing our capacity to make choices about what is most essential in life.\u003c\/b\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eTen years after she was seriously injured in a terrorist attack, the pain comes back to torment Iris. But that is not all: Eitan, the love of her youth, also comes back into her life. Though their relationship ended many years ago, she was more deeply wounded when he left her than by the suicide bomber who blew himself up next to her. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eIris's marriage is stagnant. Her two children have grown up and are almost independent; she herself has become a dedicated, successful school principal. Now, after years without passion and joy, Eitan brings them back into her life. But she must concoct all sorts of lies to conceal her affair from her family, and the lies become more and more complicated. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eIs this an impossible predicament, or on the contrary a scintillating revelation of the many ways life's twists and turns can bring us to a place we would never have expected to be?\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eAuthor:\u003c\/b\u003e \u003ca href=\"https:\/\/sureshotbooks-com.myshopify.com\/search?type=product%2Carticle%2Cpage\u0026amp;q=AUTH-2244042\"\u003eZeruya Shalev\u003c\/a\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublisher:\u003c\/b\u003e Other Press (NY)\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublished:\u003c\/b\u003e 11\/05\/2019\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePages:\u003c\/b\u003e 368\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eBinding Type:\u003c\/b\u003e Paperback\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eWeight:\u003c\/b\u003e 1.00lbs\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eSize:\u003c\/b\u003e 8.40h x 5.50w x 1.10d\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN13:\u003c\/b\u003e 9781590510926\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN10:\u003c\/b\u003e 1590510925\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eBISAC Categories:\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e- \u003ca href=\"https:\/\/sureshotbooks-com.myshopify.com\/search?type=product%2Carticle%2Cpage\u0026amp;q=CAT-FIC\"\u003eFiction\u003c\/a\u003e | \u003ca href=\"https:\/\/sureshotbooks-com.myshopify.com\/search?type=product%2Carticle%2Cpage\u0026amp;q=BISAC-FIC045010\"\u003eFamily Life | Marriage \u0026amp; Divorce\u003c\/a\u003e\u003cbr\u003e- \u003ca href=\"https:\/\/sureshotbooks-com.myshopify.com\/search?type=product%2Carticle%2Cpage\u0026amp;q=CAT-FIC\"\u003eFiction\u003c\/a\u003e | \u003ca href=\"https:\/\/sureshotbooks-com.myshopify.com\/search?type=product%2Carticle%2Cpage\u0026amp;q=BISAC-FIC046000\"\u003eJewish\u003c\/a\u003e\u003cbr\u003e- \u003ca href=\"https:\/\/sureshotbooks-com.myshopify.com\/search?type=product%2Carticle%2Cpage\u0026amp;q=CAT-FIC\"\u003eFiction\u003c\/a\u003e | \u003ca href=\"https:\/\/sureshotbooks-com.myshopify.com\/search?type=product%2Carticle%2Cpage\u0026amp;q=BISAC-FIC044000\"\u003eWomen\u003c\/a\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eAbout the Author\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eZeruya Shalev\u003c\/b\u003e was born at Kibbutz Kinneret. She is the author of four previous novels, \u003ci\u003eThe Remains of Love, Love Life, Husband\u003c\/i\u003e \u003ci\u003eand Wife\u003c\/i\u003e, and \u003ci\u003eThera\u003c\/i\u003e, and a book of poetry and two children's books. Her work has been translated into twenty-seven languages and won multiple awards, including the Corine International Book Prize, the Welt Literature Award, and the Prix Femina étranger. \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cb\u003eSondra Silverston\u003c\/b\u003e has translated the work of Israeli fiction writers such as Etgar Keret, Savyon Liebrecht, and Aharon Megged. Her translation of Amos Oz's \u003ci\u003eBetween Friends\u003c\/i\u003e won the National Jewish Book Award for fiction in 2013. Born in the United States, she has lived in Israel since 1970.","brand":"Other Press (NY)","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":44447436603629,"sku":"9781590510926","price":17.99,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":false}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0550\/8097\/6621\/products\/img_85d47a24-4fde-4e8d-b50c-2d4da4665a3c.jpg?v=1700293583","url":"https:\/\/sureshotbooks.com\/products\/pain-9781590510926","provider":"SureShot Books Publishing LLC","version":"1.0","type":"link"}