Death of a Holy Land: Reflections in Contemporary Israeli Fiction

Death of a Holy Land: Reflections in Contemporary Israeli Fiction, by Rose Levinson, uses the work of four contemporary Israeli authors as a lens into present-day Israel. Discussing the novels of Orly Castel-Bloom, Michal Govrin, Zeruya Shalev, and Yoram Kaniuk, the book argues for a new understanding of today s Israel. Crucial to renewed awareness is a view of the country that jettisons the notion of Israel as an exceptional, sacred state immune from 21st century discontents. Attention is focused on ways in which many of Israel s most pressing problems are linked to long-standing issues of Jewish identity. Continual reference to the novels gives weight and substance to Death of a Holy Land s underlying insistence on the need for a critical view of Israel as a country deeply ill-at-ease with itself."

• | Author: Rose L. Levinson
• | Publisher: Lexington Books
• | Publication Date: June 20, 2013
• | Number of Pages: 136 pages
• | Language: English
• | Binding: Hardcover
• | ISBN-10: 0739177729
• | ISBN-13: 9780739177723