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Death of a Holy Land
Reflections in Contemporary Israeli Fiction
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2013
Summary
Death of a Holy Land: Reflections in Contemporary Israeli Fiction, by Rose Levinson, uses the work of four contemporary Israeli authors as a lens into present-day Israel. Discussing the novels of Orly Castel-Bloom, Michal Govrin, Zeruya Shalev, and Yoram Kaniuk, the book argues for a new understanding of today’s Israel. Crucial to renewed awareness is a view of the country that jettisons the notion of Israel as an exceptional, sacred state immune from 21st century discontents. Attention is focused on ways in which many of Israel’s most pressing problems are linked to long-standing issues of Jewish identity. Continual reference to the novels gives weight and substance to Death of a Holy Land’s underlying insistence on the need for a critical view of Israel as a country deeply ill-at-ease with itself.
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Edition
1/2013
Copyright Year
2013
ISBN-Print
978-0-7391-7772-3
ISBN-Online
978-0-7391-7773-0
Publisher
Lexington, Lanham
Language
English
Pages
117
Product Type
Monograph
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Contents No access
Acknowledgments No access
Introduction No access
1 The Ongoing Shadow Of The Holocaust No access Pages 1 - 20
2 Chaos and Jerusalem’s Discontents No access Pages 21 - 44
3 God, Text and the Holy Land No access Pages 45 - 68
4 The Demise of the New Jew No access Pages 69 - 94
