BOOKS 2021-a #Workers' Library

The Japanese art historian Kakuzu Okokura (1913-1863) emigrated to the United States in the early 20th century, where he wrote The Tea Book. This work was translated into Hebrew by the author Yoram Kaniuk, and is presented here in a new and updated edition.

At the age of twenty-seven, Sharon Moldavi was a hot and tormented rock star, charismatic and full of self-loathing. At the age of fifty, he is a new father, working for an innovative high-tech company, anxious for his future and, no less, for the future of Israel. His autobiographical book tells the story of sobriety, giving up and maturation, of processes of mourning and growth, struggle and healing, but reading it offers an even more complex journey.

End of summer in a country estate in the south of France. Five-year-old Patrick Melrose tries to slip from his adored father into the fields and steal moments with his alcoholic mother. Guests from near and far gather at the house for dinner where the father, David Melrose, demonstrates his cruel control. A violent incident at noon cuts the novel, and Patrick's life, in two.