Mourning a Father Lost: A Kibbutz Childhood Remembered

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Summary: Mourning a Father Lost: A Kibbutz Childhood Remembered
Review: After his father's death, Balaban (modern Hebrew literature, U. of Florida) returned to the Israeli kibbutz where he was raised, mourning both his father's recent departure and their emotional distance as he was raised in the children's house away from his parents. The result is both a personal memoir and an examination of what Balabal sees as some of the failures of the kibbutz experiment.