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The Blue Mountain

by Meir Shalev
George Guidall
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From one of Israel's most important and acclaimed contemporary writers

Set in a small rural village prior to the creation of the State of Israel, this funny and hugely imaginative book paints an extraordinary picture of a small community of Ukrainian immigrants as they succeed in pioneering a new life in a new land over three generations.

The Blue Mountain transcends its time and place by touching on issues of universal relevance whilst never failing to entertain and engage the reader. As with Four Meals, the writing is lyrical and of exceptional quality and illustrates why Shalev has been steadily winning over an ever-increasing number of fans worldwide.

"A new take on the birth of a nation."—Sunday Herald

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  • Release date

    January 1, 1992

  • Formats

    • OverDrive Listen audiobook

      • ISBN: 9781449872243
      • File size: 466953 KB
      • Duration: 16:12:49

  • Languages

    • English

  • Reviews

    • AudioFile Magazine
      A group of Russian Jewish idealists settles in and develops a town in the Jezreel Valley of Palestine at the turn of the century. Their histories are recounted in a rambling style back and forth throughout seventy years. Without any introduction to the episode, the listener does not know which time frame the section is in. George Guidall tells the story joylessly; his overall tone is mournful. Rather than telling tales, he relates a series of catastrophes. His characters' voices fuse with each other. His major implement of destruction is the PAUSE, which he uses indiscriminately between chapters, between phrases, and between words. His melancholy tone misses any levity the author may have intended. J.P. (c)AudioFile, Portland, Maine
    • Publisher's Weekly

      July 1, 1991
      Passionate, ribald and tender, bursting with dozens of interwoven tales, this lushly nostalgic novel (a bestseller in Israel) records the loves, hates, infidelities, feuds and enterprises that fuel one community over three decades. It also gently laments the eclipse of the pioneer spirit in modern Israel. Orphaned at age two when a bomb thrown by Arab terrorists kills his sleeping parents, Baruch Shenkar is raised by his grandfather, a Russian Jewish immigrant and founding father of a cooperative village in Palestine. Now a mortician reflecting on the many people he has buried, narrator Baruch mulls over questions that still haunt him: Why did rumors circulate that Grandfather Ya'akov Mirkin killed Grandmother Feyge? Whatever became of Uncle Efrayim, who, before he mysteriously vanished, was renowned for carrying an enormous bull named Jean Valjean on his back? Shalev's colorful, feisty characters and vibrant prose animate this indelible depiction of the birth of a nation.

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  • OverDrive Listen audiobook

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  • English

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