Promised Land: A Novel of Israel

by Martin Fletcher

Hardcover, 2018

Status

Available

Call number

F FLE

Collection

Publication

Thomas Dunne Books (2018), 416 pages

Description

"The tumultuous early years of the young Jewish state are brought to vivid life through the eyes of two German Jewish brothers. Arie survived the Holocaust in Europe. Peter, one year older, was sent to America before the war began. They find each other again in Israel, learning everyone else in their family has been murdered. Peter becomes a top Mossad agent, deeply involved in many of the key spy adventures of the era. Arie becomes a scheming businessman, among the richest men in Israel: one brother is building the state, the other protecting it. But they have fallen in love with the same woman, a Jewish refugee from Egypt. The brothers' jealousies and intrigues are mirrored by the young nation's very own struggles to survive"--

Barcode

5708

Awards

National Jewish Book Award (Finalist — Book Club Award — 2018)

Language

User reviews

LibraryThing member JaxlynLeigh
3.5 stars!

I really enjoyed the characters’ personal stories and how their lives intertwined. That kept me engaged the entire book. I really do not know much of Israel’s history, and the military aspects and forming the country seemed a little dull and boring to me at times.

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ISBN

1250118824 / 9781250118820
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