Books set in Israel (56)


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11.

Entre amigos by Amos Oz ES

Rating: 4 (1 vote)
Country: Asia / Israel flag Israel
Description:
Amos Oz (Israel, 1939) es el autor de este libro de ocho cuentos, ambientados en un kibutz imaginario, en el que el protagonista de uno aparece como personaje en otros. Muy buena descripción de la vida en los kibutz, y una excelente visión del alma humana.

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Exit Wounds by Rutu Modan EN

Rating: 3.5 (3 votes)
Country: Asia / Israel flag Israel
Description:
Set in modern-day Tel Aviv, a young man, Koby Franco, receives an urgent phone call from a female soldier. Learning that his estranged father may have been a victim of a suicide bombing in Hadera, Koby reluctantly joins the soldier in searching for clues. His death would certainly explain his empty apartment and disconnected phone line. As Koby tries to unravel the mystery of his father's death, he finds himself piecing together not only the last few months of his father's life but his entire identity. With thin, precise lines and luscious watercolors, Rutu Modan creates a portrait of modern I... continue

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Feathers by Haim Beʼer EN

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Country: Asia / Israel flag Israel
Description:
A classic of modern Israeli literature in English for the first time.

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Fima by Amos Oz ES

Rating: 4 (1 vote)
Country: Asia / Israel flag Israel
Description:
With rare wit, intimate knowledge of the human heart, and his usual storytelling mastery, one of Israel's most highly acclaimed writers and the author of A Perfect Peace portrays a man--and a generation--that dreams noble dreams but does nothing. The New York Times hailed Fima as nothing less than "(an) astonishing novel". A Notable Book of the Year.

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From the Four Winds by Hayim Sabato EN

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Country: Africa / Egypt flag Egypt
Description:
Haim Sabato draws us into his childhood with this evocative rendering of his experiences as a young boy whose family immigrates to Israel in the 1950's, settling in a Ma'abara - a transit camp. He notices his fellow immigrants' concealment of their pasts. He accepts this secrecy, sensing that everything will reveal itself eventually. And this revelation does come, in the form of Farkash, a mysterious, dynamic man who takes Haim under his wing and gradually divulges to him his sorrowful, uplifting story, one that profoundly impacts Haim for the rest of his life...

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From Time Immemorial : The Origins of the Arab-Jewish Conflict Over Palestine by Joan Peters EN

Rating: 3 (2 votes)
Description:
This book is a study of the basic reasons for the Arab-Jewish feud and supports the author's thesis that the displacement of hundreds of thousands of Arabs who had lived in what became Israel in 1948 is not the reason for the conflict which has now been going on for years.

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Homesick by Eshkol Nevo EN

Rating: 2 (1 vote)
Country: Asia / Israel flag Israel
Description:
The narrative moves from character to character offering us windows into their lives. Each of them comes from somewhere different, but we gradually see that there's much about them that's the same. 'Homesick' is a clever and moving story about history, love, family and the true meaning of home.

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Homo Deus : by Yuval Noah Harari EN

Rating: 4 (1 vote)
Country: Asia / Israel flag Israel
Description:
THE MILLION COPY BESTSELLERSapiensshows us where we came from. Homo Deusshows us where we?re going.Yuval Noah Hararienvisions a near future in which we face a new set of challenges. Homo Deusexplores the projects, dreams and nightmares that will shape the twenty-first century and beyond - from overcoming death to creating artificial life.It asks the fundamental questions- how can we protect this fragile world from our own destructive power? And what does our future hold?'Homo Deuswill shock you. It will entertain you. It will make you think in ways you had not thought before? Daniel Kahneman

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How to Cure a Fanatic by Amos Oz EN

Rating: 3 (1 vote)
Country: Asia / Israel flag Israel
Description:
Proposes that the murderous violence that has riven our society is driven as much by confusion as by inescapable hatred. Challenging the reductionist division of people by race, religion, and class, Sen presents a vision of a world that can be made to move toward peace as firmly as it has spiraled in recent years toward brutality and war. - from publisher information.

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Judas by Amos Oz DE

Rating: 3 (1 vote)
Country: Asia / Israel flag Israel
Description:
Jerusalem im Winter 1959/60: Schmuel Asch bricht sein Studium kurz vor der Abschlussarbeit zum Thema Judas ab, wird von seiner Freundin verlassen und seine Eltern können ihn nicht mehr unterstützen wiel sie sich finanziell ruiniert haben. Nur eine Anzeige hält ihn davon ab, die Stadt zu verlassen: ohne jemanden etwas erzählen zu dürfen beginnt er, einem alten Mann des Nachts vorzulesen und sich mit ihm über die Ideale des Zionismus, die jüdisch-arabischen Konflikte, kurz über Gott und die Welt zu unterhalten. Dabei trifft er auch auf die Tochter eines ehemaligen Anführers der Zionisten, von de... continue