Like one of Escher's drawings,
the narrative threads lead one through a dizzying labyrinth of
recurring themes, images and characters, all of whom are linked with
elegant mathematical precision: God and suicide, food and poison, monks,
athletes, soldiers and soccer players all take their places in the
circle-dance. Absurdity, surreality and humour abound; death is the
ultimate destiny, yet always the next story offers infinite ways of
escape.
Tamar Yellin, the author of The Genizah at the House of Shepher