book cover of The Heart Is Katmandu
 

The Heart Is Katmandu

(2001)
A novel by

 
 
The Heart Is Katmandu tells a tale of new love - of paradise gained.

Set in today's Haifa and presented in 237 dream-like small chapters, it is a book in which shyness and stumbling tenderness emerge triumphant. Poet Peter Cole has made a beautiful translation, capturing Hoffmann's intense and unfathomably original style. A starred Kirkus Review acclaimed the novel "Beautiful, humane, priceless."


Genre: Literary Fiction

Used availability for Yoel Hoffmann's The Heart Is Katmandu


About Fantastic Fiction       Information for Authors