Panther in the BasementVintage, 1997 - 122 стор. 'One of the greatest prose writers in contemporary fiction' The Times In the last years of British rule in Jerusalem, a lonely, bookish Israeli boy befriends a British soldier in this tale of friendship in the face of enmity. Jerusalem 1947. British soldiers patrol the streets, and bullets and bombs are a nightly occurrence. Caught up in the fervour and unrest against the occupying forces,12-year old Proffy dreams of being an underground fighter. But some of his dreams are less heroic. Temptation lurks everywhere for the youth who wants to be a man - and betrayal not far behind. |
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... knees , ringing a hand- bell and singing a plaintive Yiddish song to his horse . So I stood there and scrutinized intently the black words PROFI BOGED SHAFEL , ' Proffy is a low - down traitor ' , in case there was some tiny detail that ...
... knees , ringing a hand- bell and singing a plaintive Yiddish song to his horse . So I stood there and scrutinized intently the black words PROFI BOGED SHAFEL , ' Proffy is a low - down traitor ' , in case there was some tiny detail that ...
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Amos Oz. her knees before I had time to see what I had seen or to retreat from my lookout or even to close my eyes . I really would have closed them , only it was all over in an instant . In that instant I thought : Now I'm going to die ...
Amos Oz. her knees before I had time to see what I had seen or to retreat from my lookout or even to close my eyes . I really would have closed them , only it was all over in an instant . In that instant I thought : Now I'm going to die ...
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... knees . Between the two his knees gleamed faintly in the dark ; they looked plump and soft . up to ' Please , sir , ' I said in the language of the enemy . ' Please , kindly sir , let me go home . ' He answered , again in Hebrew . Not ...
... knees . Between the two his knees gleamed faintly in the dark ; they looked plump and soft . up to ' Please , sir , ' I said in the language of the enemy . ' Please , kindly sir , let me go home . ' He answered , again in Hebrew . Not ...
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