Historical fiction books from Israel
Recommended historical fiction books (16)
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If you are into historical fiction here are some historical fiction books from Israel for the next part of the Read Around The World Challenge.
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The Polish Girl by Malka Adler EN
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In the eye of the war That tore the world apart A mother wants a son A daughter needs a mother
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The Safekeep by Yael van der Wouden EN
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"It is 1961 and the rural Dutch province of Overijssel is quiet. Bomb craters have been filled, buildings reconstructed, and the war is truly over. Living alone in her late mother's country home, Isabel knows her life is as it should be, led by routine and discipline. But all is upended when her brother Louis brings his graceless new girlfriend Eva, leaving her at Isabel's doorstep as a guest, to stay for the season. Eva is Isabel's antithesis: she sleeps late, walks loudly through the house, and touches things she shouldn't. In response, Isabel develops a fury-fueled obsession, and when thing... continue
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The Slaughterman's Daughter : The Avenging of Mende Speismann by the Hand of Her Sister Fanny by Yaniv Iczkovits EN
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A SUNDAY TIMES MUST READS PICK "Boundless imagination and a vibrant style . . . a heroine of unforgettable grit" DAVID GROSSMAN "A story of great beauty and surprise" GARY SHTEYNGART The townsfolk of Motal, an isolated, godforsaken town in the Pale of Settlement, are shocked when Fanny Keismann - devoted wife, mother of five, and celebrated cheese-maker - leaves her home at two hours past midnight and vanishes into the night. True, the husbands of Motal have been vanishing for years, but a wife and mother? Whoever heard of such a thing. What on earth possessed her? Could it have anything to do... continue
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The Teacher by Michal Ben-Naftali EN
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Based on true events, the story of a Holocaust survivor who spent her life trying to disappear.
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Waltz with Bashir : A Lebanon War Story by Ari Folman EN
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In Beirut in September 1982, while Israeli soldiers secured the area, a Christian militia entered the refugee camps of Sabra and Shatila and massacred hundreds, if not thousands, of Palestinians. Ari Folman was one of those Israeli soldiers, but for more than twenty years he remembered nothing of that night. Then came a friend's disturbing dream and with it Folman's need to excavate the truth of the war in Lebanon and answer the crucial question: What was he doing during the hours of slaughter at Sabra and Shatila? Stunningly original in form, Waltz with Bashir follows Folman's journey deep in... continue