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חודש בשנה
פתאום, אחרי כמעט שלושים שנות נישואים, רון ציפורי מתאהב שוב באשתו.
מדי שנה נוסעת נילי ציפורי לחודש של הרצאות בארצות הברית, ולמראה הזוהר בפניה בשיחת סקייפ ערב שובה, ניעור בבעלה מה שחשב שמת מזמן. אבל האם הוא באמת יודע מדוע קרנו פניה?
בעוד רון מפנה מקום לאהבתו המחודשת ונפרד בחופזה ממאהבות שצבר באותו חודש בשנה, נילי, בדרכה ארצה, מנסחת את האמיתות של חייה ונושאת בשורה משלה. שני הצירים, הנעים בהתמדה זה לעבר זה, מגוללים רשומון מרתק של מין ואהבה, ניכור ובגידה, ייאוש ותקווה, שסופו ייוודע רק ברגע המפגש המטלטל.
חודש בשנה הוא רומן על האשליה המתעתעת של האינטימיות ועל כמיהה בלתי פוסקת לאהבה. מישקה בן-דוד, מחברת של רבי מכר רבים (בהם אהבה אסורה בפטרבורג והכריש) חודר בספרו החדש עמוק אל מעבר לגלוי לעין, אל החומר האפל המרכיב את הזוגיות.
מדי שנה נוסעת נילי ציפורי לחודש של הרצאות בארצות הברית, ולמראה הזוהר בפניה בשיחת סקייפ ערב שובה, ניעור בבעלה מה שחשב שמת מזמן. אבל האם הוא באמת יודע מדוע קרנו פניה?
בעוד רון מפנה מקום לאהבתו המחודשת ונפרד בחופזה ממאהבות שצבר באותו חודש בשנה, נילי, בדרכה ארצה, מנסחת את האמיתות של חייה ונושאת בשורה משלה. שני הצירים, הנעים בהתמדה זה לעבר זה, מגוללים רשומון מרתק של מין ואהבה, ניכור ובגידה, ייאוש ותקווה, שסופו ייוודע רק ברגע המפגש המטלטל.
חודש בשנה הוא רומן על האשליה המתעתעת של האינטימיות ועל כמיהה בלתי פוסקת לאהבה. מישקה בן-דוד, מחברת של רבי מכר רבים (בהם אהבה אסורה בפטרבורג והכריש) חודר בספרו החדש עמוק אל מעבר לגלוי לעין, אל החומר האפל המרכיב את הזוגיות.
216 pages, Paperback
Published July 1, 2021
About the author
Mishka Ben-David
30 books45 followersMishka Ben-David served in the Mossad for twelve years, becoming a high-ranking officer. He is now a full-time novelist living outside Jerusalem.
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December 7, 2021
תודה רבה על הספר "חודש בשנה", כרגע סיימתי לקרוא אותו.
אני רוצה להגיד לך שהיה לי ממש קשה לקרוא אותו, הייתי צריך להפסיק מספר פעמים אם תחושת אבידה גדולה. אפילו עכשיו אני עם הרגשה מוזרה בבטן, אם כי הסוף הפך הכל לכל כך ברור ומובן. שלושה אנשים שהחמיצו את הנקודות העיקריות בחייהם בגלל רצונם ללכת בתלם. התחלה חדשה לשלושתם עם תקווה ומבט לחיים טובים יותר.
אני רוצה להגיד לך שהיה לי ממש קשה לקרוא אותו, הייתי צריך להפסיק מספר פעמים אם תחושת אבידה גדולה. אפילו עכשיו אני עם הרגשה מוזרה בבטן, אם כי הסוף הפך הכל לכל כך ברור ומובן. שלושה אנשים שהחמיצו את הנקודות העיקריות בחייהם בגלל רצונם ללכת בתלם. התחלה חדשה לשלושתם עם תקווה ומבט לחיים טובים יותר.
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July 23, 2024
I'm writing this review before my book club discusses the book. May change later.
I'm' not sure what to make of this book. It's sort of semi-serious and has a fantasy type ending that I associate with light Israeli movies but haven't seen in a novel before.
The book alternates (more or less) chapters about the husband, Ron, and the wife, Nili, who have had a successful but passionless marriage (with two now grown children) for over twenty-five years. Nili, a professor of biology with unconventional ideas, spends a month every year teaching at an unnamed bible-belt college in the US. Ron is a journalist and one time member of the knesset. Ron's chapters are narrated in the third person while Nili's are written as a dialogue between her and her American lover, Jaci (of whom Ron knows nothing). Ron has had numerous affairs, at least in the last ten years since Nili has been away for a month, while Nili has been with Jaci during her month in the US for a several years. The alternating chapters tell the back story of their relationship and Ron's various affairs. Nili is on her way back to Israel with Jaci to confront Ron with their relationship while Ron has suddenly decided that he really loves and desires Nili and is ending all his other relationships. What will happen? Deus ex machina.
Despite the probing of relationships (with a large amount of explicit sex) and brief digressions into biology, physics, and politics, this is light reading. It's hard to grasp how a book this long about only two people can feel so shallow.
Then, there is the phenomenon that literature seems to be the last art to be influenced by the current war. There are already lots of songs, plays and art exhibits in Israel that attempt to deal with the war and the life changes associated with it. All the recently published novels, however, have been in the works since well before the war. Reading this type of book seems almost otherworldly.
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Definitely need to add to this review after my book group last night. At least 1/2 the group did not realize (spoiler alert) that Jaci was a woman. They were surprised at the end and entertained by the fact that they had been fooled, which left them more tolerant of the other surprise at the ending, though they agreed that it was implausible. As the least fluent Hebrew speaker (and reader) in the group I keep wondering how I knew Jaci was a woman when so many others didn't. Since I borrowed the book and have now returned it I can't go back to try to figure that out. Probably just as well. Fortunately, at least one other person thought as I did. Two group members who have read this author extensively said this is actually his weakest book and several felt as I did about it being superficial. A couple pointed out that some of the purported science in the book was inaccurate! Apparently, this author's forte is spy novels and they are quite good. Maybe I will give one a try.
I'm' not sure what to make of this book. It's sort of semi-serious and has a fantasy type ending that I associate with light Israeli movies but haven't seen in a novel before.
The book alternates (more or less) chapters about the husband, Ron, and the wife, Nili, who have had a successful but passionless marriage (with two now grown children) for over twenty-five years. Nili, a professor of biology with unconventional ideas, spends a month every year teaching at an unnamed bible-belt college in the US. Ron is a journalist and one time member of the knesset. Ron's chapters are narrated in the third person while Nili's are written as a dialogue between her and her American lover, Jaci (of whom Ron knows nothing). Ron has had numerous affairs, at least in the last ten years since Nili has been away for a month, while Nili has been with Jaci during her month in the US for a several years. The alternating chapters tell the back story of their relationship and Ron's various affairs. Nili is on her way back to Israel with Jaci to confront Ron with their relationship while Ron has suddenly decided that he really loves and desires Nili and is ending all his other relationships. What will happen? Deus ex machina.
Despite the probing of relationships (with a large amount of explicit sex) and brief digressions into biology, physics, and politics, this is light reading. It's hard to grasp how a book this long about only two people can feel so shallow.
Then, there is the phenomenon that literature seems to be the last art to be influenced by the current war. There are already lots of songs, plays and art exhibits in Israel that attempt to deal with the war and the life changes associated with it. All the recently published novels, however, have been in the works since well before the war. Reading this type of book seems almost otherworldly.
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Definitely need to add to this review after my book group last night. At least 1/2 the group did not realize (spoiler alert) that Jaci was a woman. They were surprised at the end and entertained by the fact that they had been fooled, which left them more tolerant of the other surprise at the ending, though they agreed that it was implausible. As the least fluent Hebrew speaker (and reader) in the group I keep wondering how I knew Jaci was a woman when so many others didn't. Since I borrowed the book and have now returned it I can't go back to try to figure that out. Probably just as well. Fortunately, at least one other person thought as I did. Two group members who have read this author extensively said this is actually his weakest book and several felt as I did about it being superficial. A couple pointed out that some of the purported science in the book was inaccurate! Apparently, this author's forte is spy novels and they are quite good. Maybe I will give one a try.
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