My Promised Land: The Triumph and Tragedy of Israel by Ari Shavit (English) Pape

Description: My Promised Land: The Triumph and Tragedy of Israel by Ari Shavit Through revealing stories of significant events and of ordinary individuals--pioneers, immigrants, entrepreneurs, scientists, army generals, peaceniks, settlers, and Palestinians--Israeli journalist Shavit illuminates many of the pivotal moments of the Zionist century that led Israel to where it is today. FORMAT Paperback LANGUAGE English CONDITION Brand New Publisher Description An authoritative and deeply personal narrative history of the State of Israel, by one of the most influential journalists writing about the Middle East today.Not since Thomas Friedmans groundbreaking From Beirut to Jerusalem has a book captured the Middle East as keenly and dynamically as My Promised Land. In this riveting narrative, Ari Shavit draws on interviews, historical documents, private diaries, and letters, as well as his own familys story, to illuminate the pivotal moments of the Zionist century. In doing so, he also sheds new light on the problems and threats that Israel is currently facing.Beginning with his great-grandfather - a British Zionist who in 1897 visited the Holy Land on a Thomas Cook tour and understood that it was the way of the future for his people - Shavit recounts and analyses the diverse experiences of Israeli people, past and present- the idealist young farmer who first grew the Jaffa oranges that would create Palestines booming economy; the immigrant orphans of Europes Holocaust, who took on menial work and focused on raising their children to become the leaders of the new state; the zealous religious Zionists who started the settler movement in the 1970s; and todays architects of Israels foreign policy with Iran, whose nuclear threat looms over the tiny country.As it examines the complexities and contradictions of the Israeli condition, My Promised Land asks difficult but important questions- Why did Israel come to be? How did it come to be? Can Israel survive? Provocative, heartfelt, and powerfully compelling, this is a landmark portrait of a small, vibrant country living on the edge, whose identity and presence play a crucial role in todays global political landscape.Israel is not a proposition, it is a country. Its facticity is one of the great accomplishments of the Jews history ... It is one of the achievements of Ari Shavits important and powerful book to recover that feeling.-Leon Wieseltier, New York Times Book Review A gale of conversation, of feeling, of foreboding, of ratiocination ... takes a wide-angle and often personal view of Israels past and present, and frequently reads like a love story and a thriller at once. That it ultimately becomes a book of lamentation, a moral cri de coeur and a ghost story tightens its hold on your imagination.-Dwight Garner, The New York TimesI can think of no better time for a good book about Israel - the real Israel, not the fantasy, do-no-wrong Israel peddled by its most besotted supporters or the do-no-right colonial monster portrayed by its most savage critics. Ari Shavit, the popular Haaretz columnist, has come out with just such a book ... The uniqueness of Shavits book is that when youre done with it you can understand, respect or love Israel - but not in a dogmatic or unthinking way, and not a fake or contrived Israel. Shavit celebrates the Zionist man-made miracle - from its start-ups to its gay bars - while remaining affectionate, critical, realistic and morally anchored ... Its why his book is a real contribution to changing the conversation about Israel and building a healthier relationship with it. Before their next 90-minute phone call, both Barack and Bibi should read it.-Thomas Friedman, New York Times Author Biography Ari Shavit is a leading Israeli columnist and writer. Born in Rehovot, Israel, Shavit served as a paratrooper in the IDF and studied philosophy at the Hebrew University in Jerusalem. In the early 1990s he was Chairperson of the Association for Civil Rights in Israel, and in 1995 he joined Haaretz, where he serves on the editorial board. He is married, has a daughter and two sons, and lives in Kfar Shmaryahu. Review "This book will sweep you up in its narrative force and not let go of you until it is done. . . . [Shavits] accomplishment is so unlikely, so total . . . that it makes you believe anything is possible, even, God help us, peace in the Middle East."--Simon Schama, " Financial Times"" " "Spellbinding . . . In this divided, fought-over shard of land splintered from the Middle East barely seventy years ago, Mr. Shavits prophetic voice carries lessons that all sides need to hear."--"The Economist"" " "[A] searingly honest, descriptively lush, painful and riveting story of the creation of Zionism in Israel and [Shavits] own personal voyage.""--The Washington Post" "[A] must-read book . . . Shavit celebrates the Zionist man-made miracle--from its start-ups to its gay bars--while remaining affectionate, critical, realistic and morally anchored. . . . His book is a real contribution to changing the conversation about Israel and building a healthier relationship with it. Before their next ninety-minute phone call, both Barack and Bibi should read it."--Thomas L. Friedman, "The New York Times"" " "[An] important and powerful book . . . [Shavit] has an undoctrinaire mind. He comes not to praise or to blame, though along the way he does both, with erudition and with eloquence; he comes instead to observe and to reflect. This is the least tendentious book about Israel I have ever read. It is a Zionist book unblinkered by Zionism. It is about the entirety of the Israeli experience. Shavit is immersed in all of the history of his country. While some of it offends him, none of it is alien to him. . . . The author of "My Promised Land" is a dreamer with an addiction to reality. He holds out for affirmation without illusion. Shavits book is an extended test of his own capacity to maintain his principles in full view of the brutality that surrounds them."--Leon Wieseltier, "The New York Times Book Review" "Shavit is a master storyteller. [Hi Promotional An authoritative and deeply personal narrative history of the State of Israel, by one of the most influential journalists writing about the Middle East today. Review Quote [Shavits] accomplishment is so unlikely, so total -- a history of Israel and Zionism written by an unapologetic and impassioned lover of his country who nonetheless fully registers the disasters inflicted on Palestinians -- that it makes you believe anything is possible, even, God help us, peace in the Middle East ... His book is not just enthralling, but morally dignified ... by some light years, the best thing to have been written on the subject. Promotional "Headline" An authoritative and deeply personal narrative history of the State of Israel, by one of the most influential journalists writing about the Middle East today. Details ISBN192510625X Author Ari Shavit Pages 464 Year 2014 ISBN-10 192510625X ISBN-13 9781925106251 Format Paperback Publication Date 2014-05-28 Imprint Scribe Publications Subtitle The Triumph and Tragedy of Israel Place of Publication Carlton North Country of Publication Australia DEWEY 956.054 Publisher Scribe Publications Short Title My Promised Land Language English Audience General NZ Release Date 2014-05-27 AU Release Date 2014-05-27 We've got this At The Nile, if you're looking for it, we've got it. With fast shipping, low prices, friendly service and well over a million items - you're bound to find what you want, at a price you'll love! TheNile_Item_ID:79026041;

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