A Room [Paperback]

A bedraggled detective is dispatched to an IDF base where a man was burned alive while making a training film. An art student in Paris breaks into a morgue to recreate Mantegna's Lamentation of Christ. A scripture (with commentary!) tells of a mythical nation uniting to construct a monument to their deity, then falling into chaos when no one can agree on its precise form or dimensions. Hailed from publication as one of the finest novels ever written in Hebrew,A Roomis in the league ofGravity's RainboworThe Recognitions: a monumental, subversive classic of twentieth-century literature. A Roomis strongly recommended to readers of post-modern and experimental fiction who enjoy stream of consciousness narratives and who are willing to delve deeper than a thin plot???s surface level. -New York Journal of Books Shimoni's heavily experimental book has been likened to J.R. Gaddis'Recognitionsand Thomas Pynchon'sGravity's Rainbow. -Kirkus Reviews