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Balla-Gertman<\/a><\/p>\n<p style=\"font-size: 1rem;\"><a href=\"https:\/\/vidgop.co.il\/en\/reviews\/review-o-balla\/\">We would see the genetic kinship of the Israeli prose writer&#8217;s novel with Kafka&#8217;s texts even if the author had not provided the book with an epigraph taken from him. The kinship is not very close, like between uncle and nephew, grandfather and grandson: the resemblance is undeniable, but there is much else&#8230;<\/a><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: right;\"><em><a href=\"https:\/\/vidgop.co.il\/en\/reviews\/review-o-balla\/\">Read review<\/a><\/em><\/p>\n\n\n<hr style=\"width: 80%; margin-bottom: 20px; margin-top: 20px;\" \/>\n\n<h3 class=\"t-int\" style=\"text-align: center;\"><a href=\"https:\/\/vidgop.co.il\/en\/reviews\/review-from-the-life-of-sheep\/\">From the Life of Sheep<\/a><\/h3>\n<p style=\"font-size: 0.8rem;\"><a href=\"https:\/\/vidgop.co.il\/en\/reviews\/review-from-the-life-of-sheep\/\">Review in &#8220;Lunaris Review&#8221; magazine<\/a><\/p>\n<p style=\"font-size: 1rem;\"><a href=\"https:\/\/vidgop.co.il\/en\/reviews\/review-from-the-life-of-sheep\/\">Jonathan Vidgop&#8217;s &#8220;From the Life of Sheep&#8221; is a fascinating mix of satire, absurdism, and existential commentary. 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