From one of Israel's most lauded contemporary writers, this book retells the myth of Samson-one of the most tempestuous, charismatic, and colorful characters in the Hebrew Bible. Few other Bible stories feature as much drama and action, narrative fireworks and raw emotion: the battle with the lion; the three hundred burning foxes; the women he bedded and the one woman that he loved; his betrayal by all the women in his life, from his mother to Delilah;...

Ora, a middle-aged Israeli mother, is on the verge of celebrating her son Ofer's release from army service when he returns to the front for a major offensive. she sets out for a hike in the Galilee, leaving no forwarding information for the "notifiers" who might darken her door with the worst possible news. Recently estranged from her husband, Ilan, she drags along their former best friend and her former lover Avram. Avram served in the army alongside...

"From the internationally best-selling author--and revered moral voice--a remarkable novel of suffering, love, and healing, the story of three generations of women and a secret that needs to be told. The story was inspired by the life of a friend and confidante of David Grossman who, in the late 1940s, was imprisoned and tortured on the notorious Goli Otok, a barren island prison off the coast of Croatia. Grossman's telling focuses on three strong...

Hercules, the son of Zeus and a mortal woman, wanders the Earth fighting human and supernatural evils.

When last we saw George, he and his bride Ursula were living in wedded bliss in the peaceful jungle. Unfortunately this is about to change. Scheming mother-in-law, Beatrice Stanhope, is not about to let her daughter and grandson hang out in the jungle forever. In an elaborate plot, she teams up with Ursula's obsessive ex-fianc©♭ to hypnotize Ursula into leaving George and turning his beloved jungle into mulch.