The international bestseller: a compelling love story from the leading Israeli novelist of his generation"We could be like two people who inject themselves with truth serum， and at long last have to tell it--the truth. I want to be able to say to myself， I bled truth with her， yes， that s what I want. Be a knife for me， and I， I swear， will be a knife for you."An awkward， neurotic seller of rare books writes a desperate letter to a beautiful stranger whom he sees at a class reunion. This simple， lonely attempt at seduction begins a love affair of words between Yair and Miriam， two married， middle-aged adults， dissatisfied with their lives， yearning for the connection that has always eluded them--and， eventually， reawakened to feelings that they thought had passed them by. Their correspondence unfolds into an exchange of their most naked confessions: of desire， childhood tragedies， joys， and humiliations. Through the dialogue between Yair--a family man and surprisingly successful adulterer， whose complex， guarded letters reveal a life of secrets kept from the people closest to him--and Miriam， at first deceptively open and warm， who fills her life with distraction to avoid a past full of painful secrets， Be My Knife explores the nature and the limits of intimacy. A deep departure from David Grossman s previous work， Be My Knife is his subtlest， most passionate novel yet.