To the End of the Land (Vintage International)by David Grossman,Jessica Cohen |
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To the End of the Land (Vintage International)
- Reading Level: Kindle Edition
- Binding: Kindle Edition
- No. of Pages: 674
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- Publisher: Vintage
- Pub. Date: 2010-09-21
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To the End of the Land (Vintage International) Review
Source: Product DescriptionA major, internationally bestselling novel of extraordinary power about the costs of war from one of Israel's greatest writers.
Set in Israel in recent times, this epic yet intimate novel places side by side the trials of war and the challenges of everyday life. Through a series of powerful, overlapping circles backward in time, it tells the story of Ora's relationship with her husband, from whom she is now separated, as well as the tragedy of their best friend Avram, a former soldier — and her son's biological father. When her son Ofer rejoins the army for a major offensive, Ora is devastated and decides to hike in the Galilee, leaving no forwarding information for the "notifiers" who might deliver the worst news a parent can hear. She phones Avram, whom she has not seen in 21 years, and convinces him to go with her. As they journey together, Ora unfurls the story of her family, and gives Avram the gift of his son — a telling that keeps the boy alive for both his mother and the reader.
Never have we seen so vividly the surreality of daily life in Israel, the consequences of living in a society where the burden of war falls on each generation anew. David Grossman's rich imagining of a family in love and crisis makes for one of the great anti-war novels of our time.
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