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Read Where the Desert Meets the Sea ç PDF, eBook or Kindle ePUB free An illuminating and heart stirring historical novel set in post WWII Palestine where the boundaries of love and friendship are challenged by the intractable conflicts of war Jerusalem 1947 Judith a young Jewish survivor of the Dachau concentration camp arrives in Mandatory Palestine seeking refuge with her only remaining relative her uncle When she learns that he has died. This historical fiction novel is told chronologically about post WWII Palestine The dates are vastly important in order to comprehend the extend of what happened in so little time to each of the characters The characters are concentrated around a young Arab woman Hanna and a young Jewish woman Judith with every character in the story being connected to either Hanna or Judith However the conflict is told from many of the characters POV not just from Hanna and Judith I especially enjoyed the different character viewpoints and found the author did a great job describing the Middle Eastern conflict of Jerusalem through many different sets of eyesThe author shows a variation of answers to the uestion Who does Jerusalem belong to through these different points of view It doesn t singularly revolve around just one or two characters That is probably the most spectacular thing about this story is to experience the Middle Eastern conflict from different anglesThis book is filled with a lot of history but also language and culture The author incorporates Hebrew Arabic and Yiddish wordsphrases Because of this I recommend reading it on a Kindle so that you can translate uicklyThis is extremely action packed So much so that sometimes certain details were left out that help move the story along Things such as sensory imagery and directional surroundings Because there was so much action things like this were left out uite freuently It sometimes caused the flow of the story to be broken There was so much information provided that literary devices were also left out This also caused the first part of the book to be difficult to get through It skips around especially in the first half 35 stars rounded to 4 The Chicolini Incident Rex Nihilo #05 young Jewish survivor of the Dachau concentration camp arrives in Mandatory Palestine seeking refuge with her only remaining relative her uncle When she learns that he has died. This historical fiction novel is told chronologically about post WWII Palestine The dates are vastly important in order to comprehend the extend of what happened in so little time to each of the characters The characters are concentrated around a Reckless Charity: A Charity Styles Novel (Caribbean Thriller Series Book 3) young Arab woman Hanna and a The Eightfold Path young Jewish woman Judith with every character in the story being connected to either Hanna or Judith However the conflict is told from many of the characters POV not just from Hanna and Judith I especially enjoyed the different character viewpoints and found the author did a great job describing the Middle Eastern conflict of Jerusalem through many different sets of eyesThe author shows a variation of answers to the uestion Who does Jerusalem belong to through these different points of view It doesn t singularly revolve around just one or two characters That is probably the most spectacular thing about this story is to experience the Middle Eastern conflict from different anglesThis book is filled with a lot of history but also language and culture The author incorporates Hebrew Arabic and Yiddish wordsphrases Because of this I recommend reading it on a Kindle so that Neurologie you can translate uicklyThis is extremely action packed So much so that sometimes certain details were left out that help move the story along Things such as sensory imagery and directional surroundings Because there was so much action things like this were left out uite freuently It sometimes caused the flow of the story to be broken There was so much information provided that literary devices were also left out This also caused the first part of the book to be difficult to get through It skips around especially in the first half 35 stars rounded to 4
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Read Where the Desert Meets the Sea ç PDF, eBook or Kindle ePUB free She tries to take her own life in despairAfter awakening in the hospital Judith learns that Hana a Muslim Arab nurse has saved her life by donating her own blood While the two women develop a fragile bond each can’t help but be drawn deeper into the political machinations tearing the country apart After witnessing the repeated attacks inflicted on the Jews Judith makes t. 15 stars I wanted to love this book SO BAD but it fell so flat for me It covers the narrative of the emergence of Israel as a state which is something so rarely covered in historical fiction The subject matter itself was incredibly interesting to me but I think I would ve rather just read a non fiction book about this time rather than thisMy biggest problem with this book was the writing I understand that this is a translation so I m not sure exactly how that effects the writing However what I read was choppy and all over the place There was no fluidity it randomly jumped from perspective to perspective with no indication or warning I had such a hard time keeping track of the myriad of characters thrown into the plot Speaking of the characters they were one dimensional and had absolutely no depth I had only a slight interest in about two of the characters who were somewhat fleshed out Many character s personalities were also poorly planned they uickly changed their fundamental beliefs for the sake of the story line In addition this book was very biased While it claims not to be the author clearly shows a preference and resolves the stories of the Jews while leaving stories unresolved for the Arab characters I saw Judith and Hana as euals on either sides of the violence when comparing the stories of these two characters who should ve been eual you can clearly see the bias A much effective approach to this book would ve been following just these two characters and the way their lives aligned to expose the euality between the two sides rather than creating a further divide The abundance of perspectives added nothing to this book except confusion I can see the effort the author was trying to make by including so many different narratives but ultimately it was executed poorly EinFach Englisch Textausgaben Textausgaben für die Schulpraxis Echoes of the Empire The Mixed Voices of a Colonial Past 20th Century English Short Story you can clearly see the bias A much effective approach to this book would ve been following just these two characters and the way their lives aligned to expose the euality between the two sides rather than creating a further divide The abundance of perspectives added nothing to this book except confusion I can see the effort the author was trying to make by including so many different narratives but ultimately it was executed poorly
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Read Where the Desert Meets the Sea ç PDF, eBook or Kindle ePUB free He life changing decision to join the Zionist fight for Jerusalem And Hana’s star crossed love for Dr David Cohen an American Jew out of his element and working only to save lives will put her own life in dangerThen the political situation worsens When tensions erupt a shocking act of violence threatens Judith and Hana’s friendship and the destinies of everyone they lo. While this book does a good job of showing multiple perspectives surrounding the birth of Israel the switch between the characters isn t very well done at all The characters are flat and I just didn t enjoy this book which kills me because this area of history appeals so highly to me