Best Israeli Reading

Beskrivning
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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2,343 medlemmar
58 recensioner
4.2
6 Members
SqueakyChu, kidzdoc, avatiakh, sneuper, Polaris-, AbramowitzFamily
Förklaringar
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 medlemmar
58 recensioner
4.1
4 Members
SqueakyChu, kidzdoc, souloftherose, vancouverdeb
Förklaringar
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 medlemmar
9 recensioner
4.1
4 Members
SqueakyChu, avatiakh, GaryMMorin, Polaris-
Förklaringar
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.
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358 medlemmar
17 recensioner
½ 3.6
4 Members
SqueakyChu, kidzdoc, avatiakh, Polaris-
Förklaringar
Polaris-: Wonderfully written vignettes of a quieter rural Israel - with more than a few twists.
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593 medlemmar
19 recensioner
3.9
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552 medlemmar
33 recensioner
4.1
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32 medlemmar
1 recension
4.2
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166 medlemmar
2 recensioner
4
2 Members
avatiakh, Polaris-
Förklaringar
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 medlemmar
4 recensioner
½ 4.3
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88 medlemmar
4 recensioner
½ 3.6
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350 medlemmar
15 recensioner
4
2 Members
SqueakyChu, sneuper
Förklaringar
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 medlemmar
2 recensioner
½ 4.4
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170 medlemmar
9 recensioner
½ 3.4
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265 medlemmar
15 recensioner
½ 3.4
2 Members
kidzdoc, Polaris-
Förklaringar
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 medlemmar
5 recensioner
4
2 Members
GaryMMorin, Polaris-
Förklaringar
Polaris-: THE book to read on the beginnings of the Arab-Israeli conflict.
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226 medlemmar
6 recensioner
3.9
2 Members
avatiakh, Polaris-
Förklaringar
Polaris-: Memorable depiction of unconventional life and unconventional love in a border valley kibbutz of the 1960s.
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385 medlemmar
3 recensioner
½ 3.7
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38 medlemmar
1 recension
3.9
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95 medlemmar
1 recension
½ 3.3
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lawecon
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45 medlemmar
2 recensioner
4
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labfs39
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643 medlemmar
29 recensioner
3.9
2 Members
avatiakh, Polaris-
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384 medlemmar
23 recensioner
3.8
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642 medlemmar
33 recensioner
½ 3.6
2 Members
avatiakh, Polaris-
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434 medlemmar
6 recensioner
4.1
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lawecon
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243 medlemmar
9 recensioner
3.9
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Polaris-
Förklaringar
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 medlemmar
2 recensioner
½ 3.7
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labfs39
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44 medlemmar
½ 3.6
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labfs39
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555 medlemmar
28 recensioner
½ 3.5
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labfs39
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117 medlemmar
2 recensioner
4.2
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Polaris-
Förklaringar
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 medlemmar
63 recensioner
4
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avatiakh
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47 medlemmar
3 recensioner
3.9
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23 medlemmar
1 recension
4
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Polaris-
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386 medlemmar
11 recensioner
4
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Polaris-
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168 medlemmar
8 recensioner
3.9
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avatiakh
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506 medlemmar
33 recensioner
3.9
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Polaris-
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288 medlemmar
5 recensioner
½ 3.4
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464 medlemmar
8 recensioner
½ 3.6
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avatiakh
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288 medlemmar
5 recensioner
3.9
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Polaris-
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28 medlemmar
2 recensioner
2.9
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501 medlemmar
6 recensioner
½ 3.7
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Polaris-
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183 medlemmar
10 recensioner
½ 3.7
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avatiakh
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308 medlemmar
23 recensioner
3.2
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avatiakh
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38 medlemmar
1 recension
3.8
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Polaris-
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358 medlemmar
6 recensioner
3.9
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Polaris-
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206 medlemmar
4 recensioner
½ 3.4
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avatiakh
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29 medlemmar
2 recensioner
4
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Polaris-
Förklaringar
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 medlemmar
½ 3.6
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avatiakh
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6 medlemmar
1 recension
4
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Polaris-
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153 medlemmar
7 recensioner
½ 3.6
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avatiakh
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112 medlemmar
½ 3.3
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Polaris-
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46 medlemmar
3 recensioner
3.8
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avatiakh
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64 medlemmar
8 recensioner
½ 3.7
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avatiakh
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179 medlemmar
5 recensioner
4
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Polaris-