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by: Meir Shalev  List Price: $14.00 Price: $13.60 You Save: $0.40 ( 3%)Prices subject to change. Availability: Usually ships in 1-2 business days
Dewey Decimal Number: 813 EAN: 9781841952420 ISBN: 1841952427 Label: Canongate Books Manufacturer: Canongate Books Number Of Items: 1 Number Of Pages: 384 Publication Date: 2002-07 Publisher: Canongate Books Studio: Canongate Books Related Items:
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 Rating: - endearing writing from an accomplished story-tellerThe Eastern European emigrants to Palestine at the beginning of the 20th century assured that what would become known as the 'Second Aliyah' would bear a Yiddish accent, a socialist ethic, and a hard-nosed disdain for the religious Zionism of some fellow travelers. Meir Shalev provides us an angle on their experience that makes it difficult to reduce their exploits to those of secular saints and impossible not to love them for their deeply human foibles. In Blue Mountain, Shalev has ... Read More Rating: - Lyrical... completing enchantingThe Blue Mountain is a wonderful story full of characters that completely absorb you from beginning to end. Full of twists and surprises, this is a book you will think about long after its finished. Rating: - My favorite Israeli book by my favorite Israeli writerBlue Mountain is wonderful! A bit tough going at the beginning, but by mid-way you'll be glad you made the effort. Meir Shalev may turn out to be the best Israeli writer of his generation. His writing still lacks the depth and focus of an Allende or Hesse, but he's learning fast, and the richness and complexity of this tale are hard to match. After reading it on a friend's recommendation, I ended up giving four copies as gifts. A most enthusiastic "10!" Rating: - A totally absorbing story!Told with tenderness, humor, and just the right touch of fantasy, Shalev has fashioned a wonderful novel. The characters are vivid and imaginative. The descriptions of nature are enchanting. The story itself is a metaphor for the way in which the Zionist dream has played itself out among successive generations. Don't miss it! 
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