Open heart - Abraham B. Yehoshua

"Seductively heady . . . Ingeniously explores the unfathomable mysteries of the heart." -Philadelphia Inquirer

A
young Israeli intern vying for the position of surgeon learns that his
internship has been terminated and he has been chosen to accompany the
hospital administrator and his wife on a trip to India. There, the
couple intend to retrieve their ailing daughter and bring her back to
Israel. The long journey awakens urges in the young doctor that will
threaten his carefully contained world.


Juxtaposing Western
realism and Eastern mysticism, Open Heart is an "astonishing work about
love in all its forms. [One that] speaks across the barriers of
translation and culture to readers everywhere" (Washington Post Book World).

"At
times incantatory and magical, sometimes disturbing, and often
astonishing . . . Entertains the mind while it captivates the soul." -Seattle Times

"Mind-expanding and poetic, a book that will stay with you long after you have turned its final page." -New York Times