02228nam 2200529 a 450 991081752480332120200520144314.00-7391-7773-7(CKB)2670000000369176(EBL)1209083(SSID)ssj0000885926(PQKBManifestationID)12375853(PQKBTitleCode)TC0000885926(PQKBWorkID)10816963(PQKB)11103596(MiAaPQ)EBC1209083(Au-PeEL)EBL1209083(CaPaEBR)ebr10716597(CaONFJC)MIL497293(OCoLC)847526810(EXLCZ)99267000000036917620130314d2013 uy 0engur|n|---|||||txtccrDeath of a holy land[electronic resource] reflections in contemporary Israeli fiction /Rose L. LevinsonLanham Lexington Books20131 online resource (137 p.)Description based upon print version of record.0-7391-7772-9 Includes bibliographical references and index.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.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.Israeli fictionHistory and criticismIsraeli fictionHistory and criticism.892.4/3709Levinson Rose L.1941-1713227Levinson Rose L.1941-1713227MiAaPQMiAaPQMiAaPQBOOK9910817524803321Death of a holy land4106052UNINA