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| Original Title: | Exodus |
| ISBN: | 0553258478 (ISBN13: 9780553258479) |
| Edition Language: | English |
| Setting: | Israel Cyprus,1946 |
| Literary Awards: | National Jewish Book Award for Fiction (1959) |
Leon Uris
Paperback | Pages: 608 pages Rating: 4.34 | 88724 Users | 1721 Reviews
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Exodus is an international publishing phenomenon--the towering novel of the twentieth century's most dramatic geopolitical event. Leon Uris magnificently portrays the birth of a new nation in the midst of enemies--the beginning of an earthshaking struggle for power. Here is the tale that swept the world with its fury: the story of an American nurse, an Israeli freedom fighter caught up in a glorious, heartbreaking, triumphant era.
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| Title | : | Exodus |
| Author | : | Leon Uris |
| Book Format | : | Paperback |
| Book Edition | : | Special Edition |
| Pages | : | Pages: 608 pages |
| Published | : | October 1st 1986 by Bantam Books, Inc. (first published September 1958) |
| Categories | : | Historical. Historical Fiction. Fiction. Classics. Cultural. Israel. Literature. Jewish. War |
Rating Containing Books Exodus
Ratings: 4.34 From 88724 Users | 1721 ReviewsColumn Containing Books Exodus
I read this somewhere in early seventies (probably 1973/74). That was the time to read a lot of Leon Uris. I think it started with QB VII which I borrowed from Shantha. At that time with a low pay and lots of free hours in the evening (our shift at ECIL would end at 3PM), reading books, listening to radio were the only sources of entertainment. We filled lots of vacant time with talking about books. That was the period of James A Michner, Leon Uris, Larry Niven, and Isaac Asimov.I did not knowI read this is college and really liked it. I wasn't aware how one sided it was (very pro-zionist) until I was talking about it with a friend of mine who was studying Israeli/Palestinian history. While reading I assumed this was historical fiction, meaning the characters might not be real, but the events in the story were true and presented objectively. Well, it needs to be read carefully, with the understanding that the writer had a very strong point of view in favor of the Jews. My friend
While overall I liked the book, still, some niggling thoughts ate at the corner of my mind as I made my way through Exodus.Whereas this book is fiction, for some reason, I came to this thinking that what Uris put down is very close to fact. What worried me as I read it, is that it isn't. Why? Every Jew good, every Arab bad. (As well as the British who colonized Palestine at the time of Israel's independence.) That's too cut and dry for me. In every conflict there is a right and wrong, this I
10 Stars, if I Could!!!! Much to my chagrin I have never read Leon Uris! Why I waited? I have no excuses to serve up. Uris writes BIG BOOKS that are quite spectacular. He is one of very few brilliant maestros in literature, in my opinion. He writes with an ease that kept me turning the 648 pages of this great masterpiece. His research into the facts of Palestine and the exoduses to her holy land is extensive and as factual as possible in pre-electronic 1958. His characters are so well developed
Really, this is one of my all time fave books. It really captures the history (ACCURATELY, I might add!) of how the country of modern-day Israel was born and all the incredible struggles that the Jews faced from seemingly every direction. A fantastic historical novel, even thought it's fiction. I highly recommend this to anyone who feels they could beef up on their historical understanding of the middle east of today--will really help you read through the western media when watching the news!
This book is chock-full of bad prose, flat characters, and very unfortunate implications. Every Jewish character is brave, strong, smart, and talented. The Arabs, on the other hand, are all cowardly, stupid, and possessive of women (with one exception, but he dies early on.)The founding of Israel was controversial, and you would think that an author writing about it would address the moral ambiguity. Leon Uris doesn't even try. He turns a complex, multi-sided historical event into a cliched
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