Meir Shalev: A Pigeon and a Boy
A Pigeon and a Boy
Buch
- Knopf Doubleday Publishing Group, 01/2009
- Einband: Kartoniert / Broschiert
- Sprache: Englisch
- ISBN-13: 9780805212143
- Bestellnummer: 6105455
- Umfang: 320 Seiten
- Copyright-Jahr: 2009
- Gewicht: 338 g
- Maße: 203 x 132 mm
- Stärke: 25 mm
- Erscheinungstermin: 6.1.2009
Achtung: Artikel ist nicht in deutscher Sprache!
Klappentext
A mesmerizing novel of two love stories, separated by half a century but connected by one enchanting act of devotion-from the internationally acclaimed Israeli writer Meir Shalev.During the 1948 War of Independence-a time when pigeons are still used to deliver battlefield messages-a gifted young pigeon handler is mortally wounded. In the moments before his death, he dispatches one last pigeon. The bird is carrying his extraordinary gift to the girl he has loved since adolescence. Intertwined with this story is the contemporary tale of Yair Mendelsohn, who has his own legacy from the 1948 war. Yair is a tour guide specializing in bird-watching trips who, in middle age, falls in love again with a childhood girlfriend. His growing passion for her, along with a gift from his mother on her deathbed, becomes the key to a life he thought no longer possible.
Unforgettable in both its particulars and its sweep, A Pigeon and A Boy is a tale of lovers then and now-of how deeply we love, of what home is, and why we, like pigeons trained to fly in one direction only, must eventually return to it. In a voice that is at once playful, wise, and altogether beguiling, Meir Shalev tells a story as universal as war and as intimate as a winged declaration of love.
Biografie
Meir Shalev wurde 1948 in Nahalal in der Jesreel-Ebene geboren. Er studierte Psychologie und arbeitete viele Jahre als Journalist, Radio- und Fernsehmoderator. Inzwischen ist er einer der bekanntesten und beliebtesten israelischen Romanciers. 2006 erhielt er für sein Gesamtwerk den Brenner Prize, die höchste literarische Auszeichnung in Israel. Meir Shalev schreibt regelmäßig Kolumnen für die Tageszeitung Yedioth Ahronoth . Er lebt mit seiner Familie in Jerusalem und in Nord-Israel. Meir Shalev
A Pigeon and a Boy
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