In this book, Dvir Abramovich brings together a batch of timeless classical Hebrew novels, short stories, and poems, and furnishes readers with commentaries and critical readings of each landmark work. The selection of seminal texts include masterpieces from Yehuda Amichai, Haim Gouri, Amos Oz, Dvorah Baron, Shaul Tchernichovsky, Chaim Nachman Bialik, Hanoch Bartov, Shulamit Hareven and Aharon Megged. Each interpretative essay includes a biographical overview of theauthor whose opus is explored. The collection will prove exceptionally useful for teachers who wish to introduce their students to the treasures of contemporary Israeli fi ction and are searching for refl ective analyses and searching insights. Guaranteed to ignite discussion and debate, thisinformative and entertaining volume, written in an accessible and lively style, will appeal to a general and academic audience and will tempt readers to read or re-read these great works.