Khirbet Khizeh

By S. Yizhar

Book Overview

Fiction. Translated from the Hebrew by Nicholas de Lange and Yaacob Dweck. Afterword by David Shulman. This classic 1949 novella about the violent expulsion of Palestinian villagers by the Israeli army has long been considered a high point in Hebrew literature, as it has also given rise to fierce controversy over the years. Published just months after the end of the 1948 war (in which the author fought) the book as famous for Yizhar's haunting, lyrical style as for its wrenchingly honest soldier's-eye view of the brutality of that war and, perhaps, all wars has never before been translated into English. De Lange and Dweck's rendering captures with force Yizhar's unflinching portrait of Israel's primal scene. An absolute must for anyone interested in Middle Eastern literature and history."

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 9659012594
• ISBN13: 9789659012596
• Release Date: April 2008
• Publisher: Ibis Editions
• Length: 134 Pages
• Weight: 0.44 lbs.