{"product_id":"retrospective-9780544157989","title":"Retrospective","description":"\u003cb\u003eA \u003ci\u003eNew York Times Book Review\u003c\/i\u003e Editors' Choice\u003cbr\u003eWinner, 2012 Prix du Meilleur Livre  tranger \u003c\/b\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\"The greatest Hebrew novelist.\" -- \u003ci\u003eJewish Review of Books\u003c\/i\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eAn aging Israeli film director has been invited to the pilgrimage city of Santiago de Compostela for a retrospective of his work. When Yair Moses arrives, a painting over his bed triggers a distant memory from one of his early films: a scene that caused a rift with his brilliant but difficult screenwriter. Upon his return to Israel, Moses decides to travel to the south to look for his elusive former partner and propose a new collaboration. But the screenwriter demands a price for it that will have strange and lasting consequences. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eA searching and original novel by one of the world's most esteemed writers, \u003ci\u003eThe Retrospective\u003c\/i\u003e is a meditation on mortality and intimacy, on the limits of memory and the struggle of artistic creation. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\" \u003ci\u003eThe Retrospective\u003c\/i\u003e] moved me deeply.\" -- Vivian Gornick, \u003ci\u003eThe Nation \u003c\/i\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\" Yehoshua] achieves an autumnal tone as he ruminates on memory's slippery hold on life and on art.\" --\u003ci\u003e The New Yorker\u003c\/i\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eBinding Type:\u003c\/b\u003e Paperback\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublisher:\u003c\/b\u003e Mariner Books\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublished:\u003c\/b\u003e 03\/25\/2014\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN:\u003c\/b\u003e 9780544157989\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePages:\u003c\/b\u003e 336\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eWeight:\u003c\/b\u003e 0.62lbs\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eSize:\u003c\/b\u003e 7.99h x 5.54w x 0.95d\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eReview Citations: \u003c\/strong\u003e\u003ci\u003eNew Yorker (The)\u003c\/i\u003e 05\/04\/2014 pg. 24\u003cbr\u003e","brand":"A. B. Yehoshua","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":36638453465244,"sku":"9780544157989","price":16.99,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0473\/0804\/6492\/products\/img_46442c52-ab2a-4a27-bfdf-787e54211b50.jpg?v=1603847323","url":"https:\/\/pastforward.org\/products\/retrospective-9780544157989","provider":"Past Forward","version":"1.0","type":"link"}