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Open Heart

by A.B. Yehoshua · 1994

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In this (Washington Post Book World), an ambitious young doctor accompanies his superior to India, where he discovers an illicit passion that threatens to destroy his orderly world.

Genre
literary fictionliterary fictionMore like thisLess of this
Themes
JewishJewishMore like thisLess of this
Setting
1990s1990sMore like thisLess of this
Audience
adult
Length
long · 512 pages

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