Avner Mandelman

  AM

  Vancouver—Toronto—Los Altos Hills—Toronto

  1973–2009

  Copyright © 2010 Avner Mandelman

  Production Editor: Yvonne E. Cárdenas

  All rights reserved. No part of this publication may be reproduced or transmitted in any form or by any means, electronic or mechanical, including photocopying, recording, or by any information storage and retrieval system, without written permission from Other Press LLC, except in the case of brief quotations in reviews for inclusion in a magazine, newspaper, or broadcast. For information write to Other Press LLC, 2 Park Avenue, 24th Floor, New York, NY 10016. Or visit our Web site: www.otherpress.com

  The Library of Congress has cataloged the printed edition as follows:

  Mandelman, Avner.

  The Debba / by Avner Mandelman.

  p. cm.

  eISBN: 978-1-59051-375-0

  1. Israel—Fiction.

  2. Dramatists—Fiction. 3. Theater—Israel—Fiction.

  4. Fathers and sons—Fiction. 5. Jews—Israel—Fiction.

  I. Title.

  PR9199.3.M34814D33 2010

  813′.54—dc22 2009041120

  PUBLISHER’S NOTE:

  This is a work of fiction. Names, characters, places, and incidents either are the product of the author’s imagination or are used fictitiously, and any resemblance to actual persons, living or dead, events, or locales is entirely coincidental.

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