The Resource Sadness is a white bird, Moriel Rothman-Zecher
Sadness is a white bird, Moriel Rothman-Zecher
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- Summary
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- "In this lyrical and searing debut novel written by a rising literary star and MacDowell Fellow, a young man is preparing to serve in the Israeli army while also trying to reconcile his close relationship to two Palestinian siblings with his deeply ingrained loyalties to family and country. Four days after his nineteenth birthday, Jonathan is sitting in a military jail in Israel. Languishing in the dark cell, he recalls the series of events that led him to this point. It all began when he returned to Israel after being raised and educated in Pennsylvania. He knows that he will soon be drafted as a soldier. He will be called upon to preserve and defend the Jewish state, which includes monitoring the Palestinian territories within its borders but he is conflicted. With an intense drive to know more about the plight of the displaced and occupied Palestinians, he encounters Laith and Nimreen -- the twin daughter and son of his mother's friend. From that summer afternoon on, the three become inseparable: wandering the streets on weekends, piling onto buses en route to new discoveries, laughing uncontrollably. They share joints on the beach, trade private cultural treasures, intimate secrets, resentments, hopes, and dreams, revealing the deepest parts of themselves to each other. But with his draft date rapidly approaching, Jonathan wrestles with the question of what it means to be proud of your heritage while also feeling love for those outside of your own tribal family. And then that fateful day arrives, the one that lands Jonathan in prison and changes his relationship with the twins forever. Unflinching, important, and timely, Sadness Is a White Bird looks into the heart of what occupation and freedom really mean, exploring how one man attempts to find a place for himself, and discovers a beautiful, cross-cultural, against-the-odds love, the kind of love which we can hold up as an ideal in the midst of what seems like an implacable and never-ending conflict"--
- It began when Jonathan returned to Israel after being raised and educated in Pennsylvania. He will soon be drafted as a soldier, but he is conflicted. With an intense drive to know more about the plight of the displaced and occupied Palestinians, he encounters Laith and Nimreen -- twin daughter and son of his mother's friend. The three become inseparable: wandering the streets on weekends, piling onto buses en route to new discoveries, sharing joints on the beach, revealing the deepest parts of themselves to each other. What does it mean to be proud of your heritage while also feeling love for those outside of your own tribal family? And now Jonathan is languishing in a military jail in Israel, recalling events that led to this point
- Language
- eng
- Edition
- First Atria books hardcover edition.
- Extent
- 274 pages
- Isbn
- 9781501176265
- Label
- Sadness is a white bird
- Title
- Sadness is a white bird
- Statement of responsibility
- Moriel Rothman-Zecher
- Subject
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- trueIsrael
- trueImprisonment
- trueInterethnic friendship
- trueIsraelis
- trueJewish fiction
- Jewish-Arab relations -- Fiction
- trueLoyalty
- truePalestinians
- trueProtests, demonstrations, vigils, etc
- trueSoldiers
- Teenagers -- Israel -- 21st century -- Fiction
- Teenagers -- Palestine -- 21st century -- Fiction
- trueYoung men
- trueArab-Israeli conflict
- Arab-Israeli conflict -- Fiction
- trueBest friends
- Language
- eng
- Summary
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- "In this lyrical and searing debut novel written by a rising literary star and MacDowell Fellow, a young man is preparing to serve in the Israeli army while also trying to reconcile his close relationship to two Palestinian siblings with his deeply ingrained loyalties to family and country. Four days after his nineteenth birthday, Jonathan is sitting in a military jail in Israel. Languishing in the dark cell, he recalls the series of events that led him to this point. It all began when he returned to Israel after being raised and educated in Pennsylvania. He knows that he will soon be drafted as a soldier. He will be called upon to preserve and defend the Jewish state, which includes monitoring the Palestinian territories within its borders but he is conflicted. With an intense drive to know more about the plight of the displaced and occupied Palestinians, he encounters Laith and Nimreen -- the twin daughter and son of his mother's friend. From that summer afternoon on, the three become inseparable: wandering the streets on weekends, piling onto buses en route to new discoveries, laughing uncontrollably. They share joints on the beach, trade private cultural treasures, intimate secrets, resentments, hopes, and dreams, revealing the deepest parts of themselves to each other. But with his draft date rapidly approaching, Jonathan wrestles with the question of what it means to be proud of your heritage while also feeling love for those outside of your own tribal family. And then that fateful day arrives, the one that lands Jonathan in prison and changes his relationship with the twins forever. Unflinching, important, and timely, Sadness Is a White Bird looks into the heart of what occupation and freedom really mean, exploring how one man attempts to find a place for himself, and discovers a beautiful, cross-cultural, against-the-odds love, the kind of love which we can hold up as an ideal in the midst of what seems like an implacable and never-ending conflict"--
- It began when Jonathan returned to Israel after being raised and educated in Pennsylvania. He will soon be drafted as a soldier, but he is conflicted. With an intense drive to know more about the plight of the displaced and occupied Palestinians, he encounters Laith and Nimreen -- twin daughter and son of his mother's friend. The three become inseparable: wandering the streets on weekends, piling onto buses en route to new discoveries, sharing joints on the beach, revealing the deepest parts of themselves to each other. What does it mean to be proud of your heritage while also feeling love for those outside of your own tribal family? And now Jonathan is languishing in a military jail in Israel, recalling events that led to this point
- Award
- Loan Stars Favourites, 2018
- http://library.link/vocab/ext/novelist/bookUI
- 10619968
- Cataloging source
- DLC
- http://library.link/vocab/creatorName
- Rothman-Zecher, Moriel
- Index
- no index present
- Literary form
- novels
- Nature of contents
- bibliography
- http://library.link/vocab/resourcePreferred
- True
- http://library.link/vocab/subjectName
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- Jewish-Arab relations
- Arab-Israeli conflict
- Teenagers
- Teenagers
- Target audience
- adult
- Label
- Sadness is a white bird, Moriel Rothman-Zecher
- Bibliography note
- Includes bibliographical references
- Carrier category
- volume
- Carrier category code
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- nc
- Carrier MARC source
- rdacarrier
- Content category
- text
- Content type code
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- txt
- Content type MARC source
- rdacontent
- Control code
- 000062269531
- Dimensions
- 24 cm.
- Edition
- First Atria books hardcover edition.
- Extent
- 274 pages
- Isbn
- 9781501176265
- Lccn
- 2017024243
- Media category
- unmediated
- Media MARC source
- rdamedia
- Media type code
-
- n
- System control number
- (OCoLC)989963749
- Label
- Sadness is a white bird, Moriel Rothman-Zecher
- Bibliography note
- Includes bibliographical references
- Carrier category
- volume
- Carrier category code
-
- nc
- Carrier MARC source
- rdacarrier
- Content category
- text
- Content type code
-
- txt
- Content type MARC source
- rdacontent
- Control code
- 000062269531
- Dimensions
- 24 cm.
- Edition
- First Atria books hardcover edition.
- Extent
- 274 pages
- Isbn
- 9781501176265
- Lccn
- 2017024243
- Media category
- unmediated
- Media MARC source
- rdamedia
- Media type code
-
- n
- System control number
- (OCoLC)989963749
Subject
- trueIsrael
- trueImprisonment
- trueInterethnic friendship
- trueIsraelis
- trueJewish fiction
- Jewish-Arab relations -- Fiction
- trueLoyalty
- truePalestinians
- trueProtests, demonstrations, vigils, etc
- trueSoldiers
- Teenagers -- Israel -- 21st century -- Fiction
- Teenagers -- Palestine -- 21st century -- Fiction
- trueYoung men
- trueArab-Israeli conflict
- Arab-Israeli conflict -- Fiction
- trueBest friends
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