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A House for One, Bayit Le-Adam Echad, Hebrew edition
A House for One Bayit LeAdam Echad Hebrew edition Author:Yitzhak Orpaz בית לאדם אחד יצחק אורפז — איש ואישה על סף הגירושין, מגלים יום ... more »88;חד שפלישת נמלים מאיימת להחריב את ביתם. באווירה של אהבה ופולחן, ציפיה ויצרי הרס, מתפוררים והולכים קירות הבית, אבל עמם נופלות גם המחיצות בין בני הזוג. על סף החורבן הם מוצאים אושר. מה טיבו של אושר זה?מה מכרסם את קירות ביתנו?
Yitzhak Orpaz-Aurerbach was born to a hassidic family in Zinkov, former Soviet Union, in 1921 and immigrated to pre-state Israel in 1938. During World War II, he served in the Jewish Brigade. Orpaz studied philosophy and literature at Tel Aviv University. He lived for some years on a kibbutz and later pursued a number of professions, including construction, diamond cutting, editing and teaching. Orpaz has published novellas, novels, short stories, essays and a book of poetry. He has received many literary awards, including the Asher Barash Prize (1962), the Miriam Talpir Prize (1969), the Fichman Prize (1975), the Prime Minister's Prize three times (1976; 1999; 2004), the Israel Efrat award (1985), the Bialik Prize (1986), the Newman Prize (1997), the President's Prize for Lifetime Achievement (1999) and the Israel Prize (2005).« less