Exodus (Modern Classics)
by: Leon Uris
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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. Here is Exodus --one of the great best-selling novels of all time.
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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. Here is Exodus --one of the great best-selling novels of all time.
From the Paperback edition.
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- No room for gray area- still, it's good historical fiction
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, my assumption is that historical fiction is based on fact. I tend to believe that what Uris put down is very close to fact. What worried me 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 ... Read More
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- A Heart-Pounding Homage
Earlier this month, I led my family on a trip through Israel. It seemed only fitting to read "Exodus" as a companion guide, but I expected it to be more entertainment than enlightenment. I was wrong.
This popular novel by Leon Uris serves as a poignant reminder of the toils and tribulations leading up to Israel's modern statehood. From the birth of Zionism, to British betrayals, to the Holocaust and the millions left floundering afterward, the last century of Jewish history was a decisive ... Read More
Rating: - Unquestionably THE Best Book on the 1948 reestablishment of Israel!
I have always had an interest in Jewish history. This stems from my faith, as Christianity owes its start to Judiasm. In addition, I have often wondered why the Jews have been persecuted for millenia, and how, depsite the tremendous odds, they were able to come together as a nation, after over 2,000 years of dispersion. To me, the reestablishment of Israel is a modern-day miracle, and I desperately wanted to know how such a "miracle" occured. Who were the key people? What historical events precipitated ... Read More
Rating: - One of Urises better novels.
Yea it has some cheezines and cliches. But there is nothing in its depiction of the British and Arabs that can be called racist or maliciously written.
The fact is, the Arabs as depicted in the book are still the same Arabs today. Orwellian propaganda such as staging fake funerals where the corpse falls off the bier and then gets back on. Lying to themselves, lying to the world. Telling people that the Temples never existed on the Moriah mountain even though previous Wakifs handed out pamphlets ... Read More
Rating: - A story for the millenium
Consistant with the extremely high quality of all of his work, Exodus is likely the pinnacle for Uris. The story as fiction is compelling to the last sentence. That it is framed in a context of the real events of the times brings unignorable history to the view of readers now three generations later.
Dealving into the incredible chemistry that makes the middle east an emotional as well as a physical time bomb, it is not too difficult to separate fact from fiction and in the telling of this story, ... Read More
- No room for gray area- still, it's good historical fictionWhile 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, my assumption is that historical fiction is based on fact. I tend to believe that what Uris put down is very close to fact. What worried me 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 ... Read More
- A Heart-Pounding HomageEarlier this month, I led my family on a trip through Israel. It seemed only fitting to read "Exodus" as a companion guide, but I expected it to be more entertainment than enlightenment. I was wrong.
This popular novel by Leon Uris serves as a poignant reminder of the toils and tribulations leading up to Israel's modern statehood. From the birth of Zionism, to British betrayals, to the Holocaust and the millions left floundering afterward, the last century of Jewish history was a decisive ... Read More
- Unquestionably THE Best Book on the 1948 reestablishment of Israel!I have always had an interest in Jewish history. This stems from my faith, as Christianity owes its start to Judiasm. In addition, I have often wondered why the Jews have been persecuted for millenia, and how, depsite the tremendous odds, they were able to come together as a nation, after over 2,000 years of dispersion. To me, the reestablishment of Israel is a modern-day miracle, and I desperately wanted to know how such a "miracle" occured. Who were the key people? What historical events precipitated ... Read More
- One of Urises better novels.Yea it has some cheezines and cliches. But there is nothing in its depiction of the British and Arabs that can be called racist or maliciously written.
The fact is, the Arabs as depicted in the book are still the same Arabs today. Orwellian propaganda such as staging fake funerals where the corpse falls off the bier and then gets back on. Lying to themselves, lying to the world. Telling people that the Temples never existed on the Moriah mountain even though previous Wakifs handed out pamphlets ... Read More
- A story for the milleniumConsistant with the extremely high quality of all of his work, Exodus is likely the pinnacle for Uris. The story as fiction is compelling to the last sentence. That it is framed in a context of the real events of the times brings unignorable history to the view of readers now three generations later.
Dealving into the incredible chemistry that makes the middle east an emotional as well as a physical time bomb, it is not too difficult to separate fact from fiction and in the telling of this story, ... Read More
