A Night at the Mall

Orly Castel-Bloom

1994

Act Two

On the revolving stage, a shop called Burgermatch, with a sign that reads: “Buy 10 hamburgers, get a free tennis racket.” Next to it, a sports goods store, Our Sports, with a sign saying “Buy a tennis racket and get a free hamburger.” Next to a store called Pandora with a sign reading, “Open at Night, Sometimes,” and, “Entrance Over 18 Only…

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Creator Bio

Orly Castel-Bloom

b. 1960

Novelist and children’s writer Orly Castel-Bloom was born in Tel Aviv. Her book, Dolly City, was published in 1992; at UNESCO’s initiative, it was translated into English and distributed internationally. Castel-Bloom was awarded the Alterman Prize (1993), the Prime Minister’s Prize (1994, 2001), the French WIZO Prize (2005), and the Leah Goldberg Prize (2007).

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