A stunning novel - a searing psychological portrait of a child's descent into madness
Eleven years old and on the cusp of puberty, Aron Kleinfeld is precocious, imaginative ' the leader of his gang of friends. But his bar mitzvah is looming, his friends are all hitting puberty and Aron, terrified and revolted by what he sees around him, enters a state of arrested development. He stops growing, retreats from the world, and is imprisoned in the body of a child for three long years. While Israel inches towards the Six-Day War, and his friends cross the boundary between childhood and adolescence, Aron remains in his child's body, spying on the changes that adulthood wreaks as, like his hero Houdini, he struggles to escape the trap of growing up.

About the Author
David Grossman was born in Jerusalem on January 25, 1954 and studied philosophy and theatre atthe Hebrew University of Jerusalem. He is one of the leading Israeli writers of his generation, and the author of numerous pieces of fiction, nonfiction and children's literature. His work has been translated into 25 languages around the world.

GeneralFeatures
ISBN13:	99552329
ISBN10:	9780099552321, 978-009955
Author1:	David Grossman Literary Agency Ltd
Publisher:	Random House Group
Binding:	Paperback
Publishing Date:	40218
Number of Pages:	352
Language:	English
Dimension:	7.8 x 5.08 x 0.83 inches
Weight:	243 grams

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