{"product_id":"friendly-fire-9781905559190b","title":"Friendly Fire","description":"Life in the Ya'ari family is full, complicated and often humorous, but beyond it lies a fragile society deeply uneasy with itself and badly scarred, with each family harbouring its own ghosts.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eEver-creative, A.B. Yehoshua's short, interwoven chapters create a duet-like narrative which penetrates deeply into human relationships. He taps into the psyche of the reader as he taps into the psyche of his country, and we emerge altered by what we have read.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cspan style=\"font-weight: bold;\"\u003e\"Yehoshua ... has been one of his country's most vital chroniclers and critics.\" Ethan Bronner, \u003cspan style=\"font-style: italic;\"\u003eThe New York Times Book Review\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\"Yehoshua has long been praised for his Faulknerian novels and though the two rather unexceptional middle class Israeli families in Friendly Fire lack the gothic appurtenances of the Snopeses and Compsons, his story is not short on sound and fury.\" Eric Banks, \u003cspan style=\"font-style: italic;\"\u003eFinancial Times\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\"None of Yehoshua's books, no matter how personal, is without political, historical and religious importance. \u003cspan style=\"font-style: italic;\"\u003eFriendly Fire\u003c\/span\u003e is no exception.\" Haaretz\u003c\/span\u003e","brand":"Halban Publishers Ltd.","offers":[{"title":"Bargain","offer_id":42824445132880,"sku":"9781905559190B","price":7.99,"currency_code":"CAD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0592\/8173\/5760\/files\/9781905559190-l.jpg?v=1785896619","url":"https:\/\/bookoutlet.com\/en-ca\/products\/friendly-fire-9781905559190b","provider":"Book Outlet","version":"1.0","type":"link"}