Love life

Author: Shalev
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Publish Date: 2006-08-01
Features: This is a love story that portrays complex human nature and the spiritual crisis of contemporary Israelis through introspective monologues. The young, married university teaching assistant, Eila, is inexplicably drawn to Ayeh, an older man who is a friend of her father. This man is morally reprehensible and extremely selfish, yet Eila cannot resist him. In her pathological relationship with Ayeh, Eila experiences fleeting thrills and pleasure, but is repeatedly subjected to humiliation and absurdity, and discovers the astonishing secret that her mother once had an affair with Ayeh. However, Eila ultimately matures, breaks free from Ayeh, and moves toward independence and self-respect.