Call number
FIC OZ
Genres
Collection
Publication
New York : Harcourt, Brace, c1993.
Description
'Fima is surely his best book, a celebration of human complexity, and his testament to its achievement' - Scotland on Sunday Fima, our eponymous hero, is a receptionist at a gynaecology clinic. A preposterous, yet curiously attractive figure, he spends his hours fantasising about solving the nation's problems and pursuing women with equivocal success.
User reviews
LibraryThing member flydodofly
Fima seems to symbolize everything in life that is irritating - he is like a wasp, busily and pointlessly moving about one's plate on a summer day, seemingly uninterested in the food on it, but reluctant to fly away. Everyone around Fima seems to feel this and they generally want to get rid of his
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company, but they also give in to his constant chatter which seems to hypnotise them after a while. They even start worrying about him and his ways. The reading was rather slow, because I strongly disliked the Fima character, and because of the constant detailed reference to political goings on in Israel. The latter was difficult to follow at times. At the same time there was something about the writing I enjoyed, so I kept going. I do not know whether I am altogether happy with my decision. Show Less
Subjects
Original language
Hebrew
Original publication date
1991
ISBN
0151898510 / 9780151898510