Amos Oz 
Between Friends 

Eight interlinked family dramas set on an Israeli kibbutz from the masterful storyteller behind A Tale of Love and Darkness On the kibbutz it s hard to know. We re all supposed to be friends but very few really are Ariella, unhappy in love, confides in the woman whose husband she stole. Nahum, a devoted father, can t find the words to challenge his daughter s promiscuous lover. The old idealists deplore the apathy of the young, while the young are so used to kibbutz life that they can t work out if they re impassioned or indifferent. In this short story collection Amos Oz reveals the secrets and frustrations of the human heart Lucid and heartbreaking Guardian