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And he thought about what Charlie Parker told him when he was hanging around New York searching for a celebration of authentic and well-woven social slime.

Yoram Kaniuk. The Last Jew: A Novel (p. 491). Kindle Edition.

In every person hides an image of a first love that may never have been.

Yoram Kaniuk. The Last Jew: A Novel (p. 433). Kindle Edition.

[A part is missing] ... And Jordana left her office and went to the street. The light was dazzling, people who were scared of the heat weren't the shadows she had thought.

Yoram Kaniuk. The Last Jew: A Novel (p. 400). Kindle Edition.

And what do you do in civilian life?

Grave digger, prepare my financial future.

You're trying to be cynical.

Yoram Kaniuk. The Last Jew: A Novel (p. 382). Kindle Edition.

The trial took place before a judge in the district court. Boaz pleaded guilty. After you judged in his favor, Boaz wrote a letter to the judge thanking him, he said he was writing on behalf of Menahem Henkin, may the Lord avenge his blood. And I? I was silent.

Yoram Kaniuk. The Last Jew: A Novel (p. 355). Kindle Edition.

No need, I'm going, why do children die in such Paradises? It's not fair.

Yoram Kaniuk. The Last Jew: A Novel (p. 327). Kindle Edition.

She said: Still sitting in the cafe and wasting time?

Yes, he said.

Yoram Kaniuk. The Last Jew: A Novel (p. 294). Kindle Edition.

You asked how those years passed. They passed. I sat and waited. For what? For nothing.

Yoram Kaniuk. The Last Jew: A Novel (p. 260). Kindle Edition.

Rebecca agreed to describe to him what she felt when she entered the lion's cage. Mr. Klomin looked at the Captain's padded visor, ostentatiously hated the roars of the wild Pioneers, saw his son-in-law standing on the side gazing, and said: They should have begat Rebecca and the Captain, and not vice versa.

Yoram Kaniuk. The Last Jew: A Novel (p. 247). Kindle Edition.

What did you get the medal for? I fought. What did you do before? I wrote stories. Why? I don't know, said Lionel.

Yoram Kaniuk. The Last Jew: A Novel (p. 214). Kindle Edition.