Ronit Matalon (1959-2017) was the author of nine novels and a liberal social activist. And the Bride Closed the Door was awarded Israel's prestigious Brenner Prize the day before her death at age fifty-eight.
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A young bride shuts herself up in a bedroom on her wedding day, refusing to get married. In this moving and humorous look at contemporary Israel and the chaotic ups and downs of love everywhere, her family gathers outside the locked door, not knowing w... SEE MORE