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Record Nr.

UNINA9910786850803321

Autore

Levinson Rose L. <1941->

Titolo

Death of a holy land [[electronic resource] ] : reflections in contemporary Israeli fiction / / Rose L. Levinson

Pubbl/distr/stampa

Lanham, : Lexington Books, 2013

ISBN

0-7391-7773-7

Descrizione fisica

1 online resource (137 p.)

Altri autori (Persone)

LevinsonRose L. <1941->

Disciplina

892.4/3709

Soggetti

Israeli fiction - History and criticism

Lingua di pubblicazione

Inglese

Formato

Materiale a stampa

Livello bibliografico

Monografia

Note generali

Description based upon print version of record.

Nota di bibliografia

Includes bibliographical references and index.

Nota di contenuto

In the shadow of the Holocaust: Yoram Kaniuk -- Chaos and Jerusalem's discontents: Orly Castel-Bloom -- God, text, and the Holy Land: Michal Govrin -- The demise of the new Jew: Zeruya Shalev.

Sommario/riassunto

Death of a Holy Land: Reflections in Contemporary Israeli Fiction, by Rose Levinson, is a close textual reading of eight novels by four contemporary Israeli authors. Analysis of their fiction is the basis for a critique of today's Israel, suggesting that its current malaise is linked to long-standing issues of Jewish identity and insisting on the need for a revised view which recognizes the country as a deeply conflicted modern nation state.