Be My Knife

the finest novel to date by a writer who has been, for nearly two decades, one of the most original and talented not only in his own country but anywhere'' New York Times Book Review ''Extraordinary ... lust, frailty and fear are all laid bare ... the peeling away of lies and social restraints to disclose the naked soul is gripping'' Daily Mail ''We could be like two people who inject themselves with truth serum, and at long last have to tell it - the truth I want to be able to say to myself, "I bled truth with her," yes, that''s what I want. Be a knife for me, and I, I swear, will be a knife for you.'' An awkward, neurotic seller of rare books writes a desperate letter to a beautiful stranger whom he sees at a class reunion. This simple, lonely attempt at seduction begins a love affair of words between Yair and Miriam, two married, middle-aged adults, dissatisfied with