{"product_id":"where-i-am-paperback","title":"Where I Am - Paperback","description":"\u003cp\u003eby \u003cb\u003eDana Shem-Ur\u003c\/b\u003e (Author), \u003cb\u003eYardenne Greenspan\u003c\/b\u003e (Translator)\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\"Serves up heaping portions of yearning, passion, alienation, and regret, and establishes Dana Shem-Ur as one of the rising stars of the new Israeli literature.\"--\u003cb\u003eJoshua Cohen, Pulitzer Prize-winning author of \u003ci\u003eThe Netanyahus\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eA piercing novel about life abroad in a cultural setting not one's own: Reut is an Israeli translator living in Paris with a French husband and their child. She's made sacrifices for her family but now feels a simmering discontent and estrangement that erupts at a festive dinner party with affluent, intellectual friends. During the sumptuous meal, she navigates a tangle of cultural codes with which she's never been fully at ease. This is a novel about big life choices that examines a woman's attitudes toward belonging to a man, to a culture, to a language. \u003ci\u003eWhere I Am\u003c\/i\u003e is an intimate, witty book portraying a profoundly human yearning to stop everything, to lay down one's head, and to feel--if only for a moment--at home.\u003cb\u003e\u003ci\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e \u003ch3\u003eAuthor Biography\u003c\/h3\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eDana Shem-Ur\u003c\/b\u003e lived in Paris for three years and obtained a master's degree in philosophy from the École Normale Supérieure. She is a Ph.D. candidate in history at Tel Aviv University who translates from French, Italian, and Chinese into Hebrew.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eYardenne Greenspan\u003c\/b\u003e has translated writing by Israeli authors including Shemi Zarhin, Yitzhak Gormezano-Goren, Rana Werbin, Yaakov Shabtai, and Gon Ben Ari.\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eNumber of Pages:\u003c\/strong\u003e 208\u003c\/div\u003e\u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eDimensions:\u003c\/strong\u003e 0.63 x 7.87 x 5.2 IN\u003c\/div\u003e\u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003ePublication Date:\u003c\/strong\u003e June 06, 2023\u003c\/div\u003e","brand":"Books by splitShops","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":42732115722303,"sku":"9781954404144","price":20.34,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":false}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0105\/8226\/1823\/files\/af530984306449f452d5982fd8e365bd.webp?v=1765131339","url":"https:\/\/dhlswag.com\/products\/where-i-am-paperback","provider":"BBB","version":"1.0","type":"link"}