Three Floors Up: A Novel

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Set in an upper-middle-class Tel Aviv apartment building, this best-selling and warmly acclaimed Israeli novel examines the interconnected lives of its residents, whose turmoils, secrets, unreliable confessions, and problematic decisions reveal a society in the midst of an identity crisis.

On the first floor, Arnon, a tormented retired officer who fought in the First Intifada, confesses to an army friend with a troubled military past how his obsession about his young daughter’s safety led him to lose control and put his marriage in peril. Above Arnon lives Hani, known as “the widow,” whose husband travels the world for his lucrative job while she stays at home with their two children, increasingly isolated and unstable. When her brother-in-law suddenly appears at their door begging her to hide him from loan sharks and the police, she agrees in spite of the risk to her family, if only to bring some emotional excitement into her life. On the top floor lives a former judge, Devora. Eager to start a new life in her retirement, Devora joins a social movement, desperately tries to reconnect with her estranged son, and falls in love with a man who isn’t what he seems. 

A brilliant novelist, Eshkol Nevo vividly depicts how the grinding effects of social and political ills play out in the psyche of his flawed yet compelling characters, in often unexpected and explosive ways.

From the Publisher

ASIN ‏ : ‎ B01N9S4GRO
Publisher ‏ : ‎ Other Press
Accessibility ‏ : ‎ Learn more
Publication date ‏ : ‎ October 10, 2017
Language ‏ : ‎ English
File size ‏ : ‎ 1.4 MB
Screen Reader ‏ : ‎ Supported
Enhanced typesetting ‏ : ‎ Enabled
X-Ray ‏ : ‎ Not Enabled
Word Wise ‏ : ‎ Enabled
Print length ‏ : ‎ 283 pages
ISBN-13 ‏ : ‎ 978-1590518793
Page Flip ‏ : ‎ Enabled
Best Sellers Rank: #580,008 in Kindle Store (See Top 100 in Kindle Store) #359 in Jewish Literature & Fiction #517 in Jewish Literature (Kindle Store) #3,557 in Historical Literary Fiction
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