Lev Hakak is Professor of Near Eastern Languages and Cultures, University of California, Los Angeles.

Hakak provides a very useful and illuminating analysis of the material, primarily as an examination of Israeli culture and society. He does a fine job showing the relationship between the literary material, in both the narrative and film versions, and the social issues at the center of Israeli life.

• 1 Acknowledgments2 A Brief History of Modern Hebrew Literature3 The Israeli Cinema: A Brief Survey4 Adaptation of Prose Fiction into Films (The Case of Modern Hebrew Literature)5 "Winter Games" by Yitzhak Ben-Ner6 Hirbet Hiz'ah by S.Yizhar7 Himmo King of Jerusalem by Yoram Kaniuk8 Three Days and a Child by A.B. Yehoshua9 My Michael by Amos Oz10 The Lover by A.B. Yehoshua11 Black Box by Amos Oz

Lev Hakak is Professor of Near Eastern Languages and Cultures, University of California, Los Angeles.

Hakak provides a very useful and illuminating analysis of the material, primarily as an examination of Israeli culture and society. He does a fine job showing the relationship between the literary material, in both the narrative and film versions, and the social issues at the center of Israeli life.

• 1 Acknowledgments2 A Brief History of Modern Hebrew Literature3 The Israeli Cinema: A Brief Survey4 Adaptation of Prose Fiction into Films (The Case of Modern Hebrew Literature)5 "Winter Games" by Yitzhak Ben-Ner6 Hirbet Hiz'ah by S.Yizhar7 Himmo King of Jerusalem by Yoram Kaniuk8 Three Days and a Child by A.B. Yehoshua9 My Michael by Amos Oz10 The Lover by A.B. Yehoshua11 Black Box by Amos Oz

Lev Hakak is Professor of Near Eastern Languages and Cultures, University of California, Los Angeles.

Hakak provides a very useful and illuminating analysis of the material, primarily as an examination of Israeli culture and society. He does a fine job showing the relationship between the literary material, in both the narrative and film versions, and the social issues at the center of Israeli life.

• 1 Acknowledgments2 A Brief History of Modern Hebrew Literature3 The Israeli Cinema: A Brief Survey4 Adaptation of Prose Fiction into Films (The Case of Modern Hebrew Literature)5 "Winter Games" by Yitzhak Ben-Ner6 Hirbet Hiz'ah by S.Yizhar7 Himmo King of Jerusalem by Yoram Kaniuk8 Three Days and a Child by A.B. Yehoshua9 My Michael by Amos Oz10 The Lover by A.B. Yehoshua11 Black Box by Amos Oz