Best Israeli Reading

Beschrijving
If you like reading books by Israeli authors, try some of these selections first. They include fiction (novels & short stories) as well as nonfiction.
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door Amos Oz
2,343 leden
58 besprekingen
4.2
6 Members
SqueakyChu, kidzdoc, avatiakh, sneuper, Polaris-, AbramowitzFamily
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Polaris-: Childhood memoir - multi-generational family saga - wartime Jerusalem under siege - heartbreaking tragedy. Altogether the making of Israel's finest living author.
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557 leden
58 besprekingen
4.1
4 Members
SqueakyChu, kidzdoc, souloftherose, vancouverdeb
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SqueakyChu: A thought-provoking memoir by a Palestinian doctor from Gaza who promotes peace between Jews and Arabs despite personal family tragedy.
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194 leden
9 besprekingen
4.1
4 Members
SqueakyChu, avatiakh, GaryMMorin, Polaris-
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Polaris-: Claustrophobic, fearsome, and heart-poundingly atmospheric tale of lonely soldiers and tension in a remote and hard-fought for mountain outpost. The denouement of Israel's Lebanese occupation.
4
door Amos Oz
358 leden
17 besprekingen
½ 3.6
4 Members
SqueakyChu, kidzdoc, avatiakh, Polaris-
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Polaris-: Wonderfully written vignettes of a quieter rural Israel - with more than a few twists.
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593 leden
19 besprekingen
3.9
6
552 leden
33 besprekingen
4.1
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32 leden
1 bespreking
4.2
8
166 leden
2 besprekingen
4
2 Members
avatiakh, Polaris-
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Polaris-: Soaringly good classic of early Hebrew literature. Fascinating portrait of the early Zionists and the birth of Tel Aviv and modernity in Israel.
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80 leden
4 besprekingen
½ 4.3
10
88 leden
4 besprekingen
½ 3.6
11
350 leden
15 besprekingen
4
2 Members
SqueakyChu, sneuper
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SqueakyChu: A delightful novel showing how immigrants form the Old World come to Palestine to establish a kibbutz and celebrate life in their newly adopted country.
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85 leden
2 besprekingen
½ 4.4
13
170 leden
9 besprekingen
½ 3.4
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door Amos Oz
265 leden
15 besprekingen
½ 3.4
2 Members
kidzdoc, Polaris-
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Polaris-: Oz in playful good form. So much to absorb in so few pages. A renowned author attends a reading of his own work. Brilliantly drawn characterisations of contemporary Tel Aviv.
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572 leden
5 besprekingen
4
2 Members
GaryMMorin, Polaris-
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Polaris-: THE book to read on the beginnings of the Arab-Israeli conflict.
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door Amos Oz
226 leden
6 besprekingen
3.9
2 Members
avatiakh, Polaris-
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Polaris-: Memorable depiction of unconventional life and unconventional love in a border valley kibbutz of the 1960s.
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385 leden
3 besprekingen
½ 3.7
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38 leden
1 bespreking
3.9
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95 leden
1 bespreking
½ 3.3
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lawecon
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45 leden
2 besprekingen
4
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labfs39
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643 leden
29 besprekingen
3.9
2 Members
avatiakh, Polaris-
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384 leden
23 besprekingen
3.8
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642 leden
33 besprekingen
½ 3.6
2 Members
avatiakh, Polaris-
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434 leden
6 besprekingen
4.1
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lawecon
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door Amos Oz
243 leden
9 besprekingen
3.9
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Polaris-
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Polaris-: Inter-connected short stories brilliantly capture the essence of kibbutz life in late 1950s Israel. Oz refined and distilled to perfection.
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78 leden
2 besprekingen
½ 3.7
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labfs39
27
44 leden
½ 3.6
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labfs39
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555 leden
28 besprekingen
½ 3.5
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labfs39
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door Amos Oz
117 leden
2 besprekingen
4.2
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Polaris-
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Polaris-: Oz's distinctive style debuts with a fine collection of stories - well drawn tales of collectivised kibbutz pioneers.
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1,446 leden
63 besprekingen
4
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avatiakh
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47 leden
3 besprekingen
3.9
32
23 leden
1 bespreking
4
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Polaris-
33
door Amos Oz
386 leden
11 besprekingen
4
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Polaris-
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168 leden
8 besprekingen
3.9
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avatiakh
35
506 leden
33 besprekingen
3.9
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Polaris-
36
288 leden
5 besprekingen
½ 3.4
37
464 leden
8 besprekingen
½ 3.6
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avatiakh
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288 leden
5 besprekingen
3.9
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Polaris-
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28 leden
2 besprekingen
2.9
40
501 leden
6 besprekingen
½ 3.7
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Polaris-
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183 leden
10 besprekingen
½ 3.7
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avatiakh
42
308 leden
23 besprekingen
3.2
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avatiakh
43
38 leden
1 bespreking
3.8
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Polaris-
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door Amos Oz
358 leden
6 besprekingen
3.9
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Polaris-
45
206 leden
4 besprekingen
½ 3.4
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avatiakh
46
29 leden
2 besprekingen
4
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Polaris-
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Polaris-: Pretty much every major event in Israel's short & busy history, and every major figure along the way - Rubinger was there taking fantastic photographs.
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52 leden
½ 3.6
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avatiakh
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6 leden
1 bespreking
4
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Polaris-
49
153 leden
7 besprekingen
½ 3.6
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avatiakh
50
112 leden
½ 3.3
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Polaris-
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46 leden
3 besprekingen
3.8
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avatiakh
52
64 leden
8 besprekingen
½ 3.7
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avatiakh
53
179 leden
5 besprekingen
4
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Polaris-