The Watchman's Stance in A. B. Yehoshua's Fiction

This paper draws attention to observation-post scenarios in A. B. Yehoshua's narratives. His use of this device plays with the biblical motif of the "watchman over the House of Israel," by provocatively putting his watchmen and women in situations that test their abilities to assess a...

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Main Author: Halevi-Wise, Yael (Author)
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Published: The National Association of Professors of Hebrew 2017
In: Hebrew studies
Year: 2017, Volume: 58, Issue: 1, Pages: 357-382
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