A novel about the expectations and compromises that humans create for themselves . . . Very much in the manner of William Faulkner and Lawrence Durrell. The New York Times
"With echoes of Kafka and Conrad, Israeli novelist Tammuz has fashioned a provocative, spare, slow-to-unfold mystery of character." Kirkus Review
If the doomed atmosphere that hovers over the romances in Greene and Le Carre is present in Minotaur, so is a flavor that can only be described as more continental, and prose more sensuous than fits into the schemes of those two writers. Boston Phoenix"
"A novel about the expectations and compromises that humans create for themselves . . . Very much in the manner of William Faulkner and Lawrence Durrell." --The New York Times
"With echoes of Kafka and Conrad, Israeli novelist Tammuz has fashioned a provocative, spare, slow-to-unfold mystery of character." -- Kirkus Review
"If the doomed atmosphere that hovers over the romances in Greene and Le Carre is present in Minotaur, so is a flavor that can only be described as more continental, and prose more sensuous than fits into the schemes of those two writers." --Boston Phoenix
Praise for
Minotaur "A masterpiece...A great novel of love and desire."
-The Nervous Breakdown "A novel about the expectations and compromises that humans create for themselves...Very much in the manner of William Faulkner and Lawrence Durrell."
--The New York Times "With echoes of Kafka and Conrad, Israeli novelist Tammuz has fashioned a provocative, spare, slow-to-unfold mystery of character."
--Kirkus Review
"A largely unrecognized masterpiece."
--Three Monkeys Online "If the doomed atmosphere that hovers over the romances in Greene and Le Carre is present in Minotaur, so is a flavor that can only be described as more continental, and prose more sensuous than fits into the schemes of those two writers."
--Boston Phoenix
"The best novel of the year."
--Graham Greene, author of
The Quiet American Praise for
Minotaur -A masterpiece...A great novel of love and desire.-
-The Nervous Breakdown -A novel about the expectations and compromises that humans create for themselves...Very much in the manner of William Faulkner and Lawrence Durrell.-
--The New York Times -With echoes of Kafka and Conrad, Israeli novelist Tammuz has fashioned a provocative, spare, slow-to-unfold mystery of character.-
--Kirkus Review
-A largely unrecognized masterpiece.-
--Three Monkeys Online -If the doomed atmosphere that hovers over the romances in Greene and Le Carre is present in Minotaur, so is a flavor that can only be described as more continental, and prose more sensuous than fits into the schemes of those two writers.-
--Boston Phoenix
-The best novel of the year.-
--Graham Greene, author of
The Quiet American -A novel about the expectations and compromises that humans create for themselves . . . Very much in the manner of William Faulkner and Lawrence Durrell.- --The New York Times
-With echoes of Kafka and Conrad, Israeli novelist Tammuz has fashioned a provocative, spare, slow-to-unfold mystery of character.- -- Kirkus Review
-If the doomed atmosphere that hovers over the romances in Greene and Le Carre is present in Minotaur, so is a flavor that can only be described as more continental, and prose more sensuous than fits into the schemes of those two writers.- --Boston Phoenix
Praise for
Minotaur "A masterpiece...A great novel of love and desire."
-The Nervous Breakdown
"A novel about the expectations and compromises that humans create for themselves...Very much in the manner of William Faulkner and Lawrence Durrell."
--The New York Times
"With echoes of Kafka and Conrad, Israeli novelist Tammuz has fashioned a provocative, spare, slow-to-unfold mystery of character."
--Kirkus Review
"A largely unrecognized masterpiece."
--Three Monkeys Online
"If the doomed atmosphere that hovers over the romances in Greene and Le Carre is present in Minotaur, so is a flavor that can only be described as more continental, and prose more sensuous than fits into the schemes of those two writers."
--Boston Phoenix
"The best novel of the year."
--Graham Greene, author of The Quiet American