BOOKS 2024 #Workers' Library

Edgar goes on vacation with his mother in the resort town of Zemmering in Austria. To the hotel where they are staying comes a young baron looking for a love adventure. The baron endears himself to Edgar the child - with the aim of reaching the mother's heart through him. Little by little, the boy notices the relationship between the baron and his mother, and feels cheated. At the end of the vacation, upon their return home, the upset Edgar realizes that there is a secret he must keep.

A contemporary epistolary novel, dealing with issues that stand at the center of Israeliness. Tap by tap, a picture of the family's relationship that fell apart is revealed, and questions arise about the nature of blood ties, of puberty and sexual identity, of betrayal and of homeland.

Tahel Proosh's third book directs a strong emotional and intellectual spotlight on some of the acute issues that Israeli society is facing today. From the most personal everyday experiences, with her eyes open to the years between the social protest of the summer of 2011 and the great rupture of 2023