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讙讬讗 讗讜谞讬
驻讗谞讬讛 住讬诇住, 讙讬讘讜专转 讛专讜诪谉 讙讬讗 讗讜谞讬 砖专讗讛 讗讜专 诇专讗砖讜谞讛 讘-1982, 讛讬讗 讗讞转 讛讚诪讜讬讜转 讛讗讛讜讘讜转 讘住驻专讜转 讛讬砖专讗诇讬转 砖诇 讛注砖讜专讬诐 讛讗讞专讜谞讬诐.
讛谞注专讛 讬诇讬讚转 专讜住讬讛 砖诇讗 讬讚注讛 讻讬 讛讬讗 驻诪讬谞讬住讟讬转 讜讻讬 讛讬讗 谞诪谞讬转 注诐 讗谞砖讬 讛注诇讬讬讛 讛专讗砖讜谞讛, 砖谞诪诇讟讛 诪驻讜讙专讜诐 讘诪讜诇讚转讛 讜讛讙讬注讛 诇讙讬讗 讗讜谞讬, 讛诇讗 讛讬讗 专讗砖 驻讬谞讛 砖诇 讬诪讬谞讜, 讛爪诇讬讞讛 诇讗 专拽 诇讛讻讜转 砖讜专砖讬诐 讜诇驻专讜抓 诪住讬诇讜转 讘讙诇讬诇 讛注诇讬讜谉, 讗诇讗 讙诐 诇住诇讜诇 讚专讻讬诐 讞讚砖讜转 诇住驻专讜转 讛讬砖专讗诇讬转 砖诇 讛砖谞讬诐 讛讘讗讜转. 住讬驻讜专 注诇讬讬转讛 砖诇 驻讗谞讬讛 讜谞讬住讬讜谞讜转讬讛 诇讘谞讜转 诇注爪诪讛 讜诇诪砖驻讞转讛 讘讬转 讘讗专抓 讬砖专讗诇 讛讬讛 诇住讬驻讜专 砖专讚讻讜 讛转讜讜讚注讜 讚讜专讜转 砖诇 拽讜专讗讬诐 诇讛讬住讟讜专讬讛 讛诪讜讻专转-驻讞讜转 砖诇 讛注诇讬讬讛 讛专讗砖讜谞讛. 讛讜讗 讙讜诇诇 诇专讗砖讜谞讛 讗转 住讬驻讜专谉 砖诇 讛谞砖讬诐-讛谞驻讬诇讜转 砖砖诪谉 谞驻拽讚 诪住驻专讬 讛讛讬住讟讜专讬讛, 讻讬 讘专砖讬诪讜转 讛讗讬讻专讬诐 讛讙讜讗诇讬诐 讗转 讗讚诪转 讛讗专抓 讛讜驻讬注讜 讘讚专讱 讻诇诇 砖诪讜转 砖诇 讙讘专讬诐 讘诇讘讚.
讙讬讗 讗讜谞讬, 讛专讜诪谉 讛专讗砖讜谉 砖讻转讘讛 砖讜诇诪讬转 诇驻讬讚, 谞讛驻讱 诪讗讝 驻专住讜诪讜 诇讗讞讚 讛住驻专讬诐 讛谞拽专讗讬诐 讜讛谞诇诪讚讬诐 讘讬砖专讗诇. 讛讜讗 谞诪讻专 讘讬讜转专 诪诪讗讛 讗诇祝 注讜转拽讬诐, 转讜专讙诐 诇讗谞讙诇讬转, 诇爪专驻转讬转 讜诇讙专诪谞讬转 讜注讜旨讘旨讚 诇讗讞专讜谞讛 诇住专讟 拽讜诇谞讜注. 诇驻讬讚 驻专住诪讛 诪讗讝 专讜诪谞讬诐 专讘讬诐, 讘讬谞讬讛诐 "讻讞专住 讛谞砖讘专" (1984), "讞讜讜转 讛注诇诪讜转" (2006) 讜住讚专转 住驻专讬 诇讬讝讬 讘讚讬讞讬 (砖讛专讗砖讜谉 讘讛诐, "诪拽讜诪讜谉", 专讗讛 讗讜专 讘-1987).
讛谞注专讛 讬诇讬讚转 专讜住讬讛 砖诇讗 讬讚注讛 讻讬 讛讬讗 驻诪讬谞讬住讟讬转 讜讻讬 讛讬讗 谞诪谞讬转 注诐 讗谞砖讬 讛注诇讬讬讛 讛专讗砖讜谞讛, 砖谞诪诇讟讛 诪驻讜讙专讜诐 讘诪讜诇讚转讛 讜讛讙讬注讛 诇讙讬讗 讗讜谞讬, 讛诇讗 讛讬讗 专讗砖 驻讬谞讛 砖诇 讬诪讬谞讜, 讛爪诇讬讞讛 诇讗 专拽 诇讛讻讜转 砖讜专砖讬诐 讜诇驻专讜抓 诪住讬诇讜转 讘讙诇讬诇 讛注诇讬讜谉, 讗诇讗 讙诐 诇住诇讜诇 讚专讻讬诐 讞讚砖讜转 诇住驻专讜转 讛讬砖专讗诇讬转 砖诇 讛砖谞讬诐 讛讘讗讜转. 住讬驻讜专 注诇讬讬转讛 砖诇 驻讗谞讬讛 讜谞讬住讬讜谞讜转讬讛 诇讘谞讜转 诇注爪诪讛 讜诇诪砖驻讞转讛 讘讬转 讘讗专抓 讬砖专讗诇 讛讬讛 诇住讬驻讜专 砖专讚讻讜 讛转讜讜讚注讜 讚讜专讜转 砖诇 拽讜专讗讬诐 诇讛讬住讟讜专讬讛 讛诪讜讻专转-驻讞讜转 砖诇 讛注诇讬讬讛 讛专讗砖讜谞讛. 讛讜讗 讙讜诇诇 诇专讗砖讜谞讛 讗转 住讬驻讜专谉 砖诇 讛谞砖讬诐-讛谞驻讬诇讜转 砖砖诪谉 谞驻拽讚 诪住驻专讬 讛讛讬住讟讜专讬讛, 讻讬 讘专砖讬诪讜转 讛讗讬讻专讬诐 讛讙讜讗诇讬诐 讗转 讗讚诪转 讛讗专抓 讛讜驻讬注讜 讘讚专讱 讻诇诇 砖诪讜转 砖诇 讙讘专讬诐 讘诇讘讚.
讙讬讗 讗讜谞讬, 讛专讜诪谉 讛专讗砖讜谉 砖讻转讘讛 砖讜诇诪讬转 诇驻讬讚, 谞讛驻讱 诪讗讝 驻专住讜诪讜 诇讗讞讚 讛住驻专讬诐 讛谞拽专讗讬诐 讜讛谞诇诪讚讬诐 讘讬砖专讗诇. 讛讜讗 谞诪讻专 讘讬讜转专 诪诪讗讛 讗诇祝 注讜转拽讬诐, 转讜专讙诐 诇讗谞讙诇讬转, 诇爪专驻转讬转 讜诇讙专诪谞讬转 讜注讜旨讘旨讚 诇讗讞专讜谞讛 诇住专讟 拽讜诇谞讜注. 诇驻讬讚 驻专住诪讛 诪讗讝 专讜诪谞讬诐 专讘讬诐, 讘讬谞讬讛诐 "讻讞专住 讛谞砖讘专" (1984), "讞讜讜转 讛注诇诪讜转" (2006) 讜住讚专转 住驻专讬 诇讬讝讬 讘讚讬讞讬 (砖讛专讗砖讜谉 讘讛诐, "诪拽讜诪讜谉", 专讗讛 讗讜专 讘-1987).
322 pages, Paperback
First published January 1, 1982
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Shulamit Lapid
40听books7听followersSchulamit Lapid (hebrew: 砖讜诇诪讬转 诇驻讬讚) is an Israeli author and orientalist.
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July 8, 2020
I read this a gazillion years ago and loved it. Books about pioneers carving a life out of rough terrain and surviving great hardships (not to mentions hostility) always interest me.
May 12, 2016
1880, The land of Israel is under the Ottoman rule, and the Jewish population is about 26,000 people. The Zionist movement in the world is rolling, following various pogroms in Russia. Jews start to swarm to the land of Israel, in what will later be called the first wave immigration. The immigrants that came here, came for various reasons and there are many conflicts among them: between Farmers and merchants, between religious and non (or less) religious, between those who live on overseas donations and those that live independently and many others. In the background, there are many other dangers lurking: Hunger, Diseases, The Arab population and the Ottoman authorities. Fania, is a refugee from Russia. She lost most of here family in Pogroms in Russia and arrives to Palestine, with her infant daughter. She is a feminist, even though the word was not invented yet and she does not know it herself. The book describes her struggle with hardships and her love for Yehiel, her husband. I enjoyed the historical background of the book, was less impressed with the story
January 14, 2015
On the surface, this story of Fania's resettlement into the new state of Israel in the late 1800s is a bit rocky yet the surrounding story of people of determination, commitment & strength, the devotion to God & his covenants, the descriptions of the land, etc. bring this story a depth that I'm sure is deeper than what I experienced. In a sense, I got the feeling this author was writing about an Israel that perhaps cannot be fully appreciated without having lived there and knowing something about the history & customs.
Fania is a young Jewess with a violent past. She led a somewhat rich childhood in Russia with schooling, music, good clothes, etc. After the Pogrom in which her family was killed and she was raped, she goes to Israel because that was her father's most desired wish. This book starts in Israel with Fania learning a new way of life that is far from the poetry & music that she came from.
For me, the rocky part of Fania's story comes from her relationship with her husband. It seemed "romancey" to me. She's forever asking herself "does he love me? does he not?", reacting with jealousy...yet leaving him for months at a time to lead her own independent life, then rushing back to him.
However, I believe the author was trying to show that Fania, while making mistakes, was strong and devoted and committed to furthering her & her family's lives, just as the new Israel (or the commune of Gei Oni) is furthered by strong, committed & devoted people. She never gave up, the people never gave up; she grew, the people grew; etc.
I loved the descriptions of the landscape throughout this book. I have always been interested in visiting this land and am now really looking forward to the stark beauty of the vistas.
There is a lot of history and politics throughout this book, which made me think that the author intended this book to be a reminder (?) or a synopsis of Jewish history in early Israel. In reading through some reviews, I saw this, which was an "aha" moment for me and verified my thoughts about the author's intent:
"This novel has been first published in the early 1980's, specifically with the intend to enlighten the Israeli reading public about the period of early colonisation and the pre-cursors to Zionism." (Sylvie)
So, all in all, a very interesting read. The book reads well. However the main story of Fania and her life is rocky (not in terms of what she lives through but in terms of her thoughts, ideas and the connectivity & reason between them) and a bit romancey (I say that as someone who does not like romance novels, so take it with a grain of salt).
Fania is a young Jewess with a violent past. She led a somewhat rich childhood in Russia with schooling, music, good clothes, etc. After the Pogrom in which her family was killed and she was raped, she goes to Israel because that was her father's most desired wish. This book starts in Israel with Fania learning a new way of life that is far from the poetry & music that she came from.
For me, the rocky part of Fania's story comes from her relationship with her husband. It seemed "romancey" to me. She's forever asking herself "does he love me? does he not?", reacting with jealousy...yet leaving him for months at a time to lead her own independent life, then rushing back to him.
However, I believe the author was trying to show that Fania, while making mistakes, was strong and devoted and committed to furthering her & her family's lives, just as the new Israel (or the commune of Gei Oni) is furthered by strong, committed & devoted people. She never gave up, the people never gave up; she grew, the people grew; etc.
I loved the descriptions of the landscape throughout this book. I have always been interested in visiting this land and am now really looking forward to the stark beauty of the vistas.
There is a lot of history and politics throughout this book, which made me think that the author intended this book to be a reminder (?) or a synopsis of Jewish history in early Israel. In reading through some reviews, I saw this, which was an "aha" moment for me and verified my thoughts about the author's intent:
"This novel has been first published in the early 1980's, specifically with the intend to enlighten the Israeli reading public about the period of early colonisation and the pre-cursors to Zionism." (Sylvie)
So, all in all, a very interesting read. The book reads well. However the main story of Fania and her life is rocky (not in terms of what she lives through but in terms of her thoughts, ideas and the connectivity & reason between them) and a bit romancey (I say that as someone who does not like romance novels, so take it with a grain of salt).
December 25, 2014
For some personal reasons, I've had trouble this year finding books that engage me. But this novel of late 19th century Palestine did the trick. I came to it after watching the movie, which left me with a lot of historic questions, and was thrilled to discover the movie was from a novel. Real historic Zionists, shieks and politicians populate this novel, the story of Fania, a young woman immigrant who has lost her family in a pogrom in Russia. Fania and her Israeli husband make for compelling characters whose story one wants to follow. Sometimes the plot gets a bit Harlequin-esque, but the terrain is competitive with the best of adventure novels.
December 25, 2019
!讗讬讝讜 讚专讱 谞讛讚专转 诇诇诪讜讚 讛讬住讟讜专讬讛
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谞讛谞讬转讬 诪诪谞讜 讬讜转专 讟讜讘 诪讗砖专 讘驻注诐 讛专讗砖讜谞讛
(讻砖讛讬讛 讞讜讘讛).
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讝讛 谞专讗讛 讜诪专讙讬砖 讻诇 讻讱 专讬讗诇讬住讟讬
砖拽砖讛 诇讛谞讬讞 讗转 讛住驻专 讘爪讚, 讗诇讗
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谞讛谞讬转讬 诪诪谞讜 讬讜转专 讟讜讘 诪讗砖专 讘驻注诐 讛专讗砖讜谞讛
(讻砖讛讬讛 讞讜讘讛).
诇讞讜讜转 讗转 讞讜讜讬讬转 讛拽诪转 讛诪讚讬谞讛 讜"诇讞讜砖" 讗转
诪拽讬诪讬讛 诪谞拽讜讚转 诪讘讟讛 砖诇 讚诪讜转 讗讞转.
讝讛 谞专讗讛 讜诪专讙讬砖 讻诇 讻讱 专讬讗诇讬住讟讬
砖拽砖讛 诇讛谞讬讞 讗转 讛住驻专 讘爪讚, 讗诇讗
!诇讛诪砖讬讱 诇拽专讜讗 讘讜 讘诇讘讚
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June 30, 2023讘讬诪讬诐 讗诇讛 讗谞讬 诪住讬讬诪转 讗转 诪注专讻转 讛讞讬谞讜讱 讻讛讜专讛, 讗讞专讬 砖讬砖讛 讬诇讚讬诐 砖注讘专讜 讘讛 讘诪砖讱 注砖专讬诐 讜讗专讘注 砖谞讬诐, 讜讝讛 讘讚讬讜拽 讛讝诪谉 讛诪转讗讬诐 诇讚讘专 注诇讬讛 拽爪转, 讗讜 诇驻讞讜转 注诇 讞诇拽 诪诪谞讛. 讬讜诐 讗讞讚, 讘注转 砖讘讬转讬 讛讞诪讬砖讬转 讛讬转讛 讘讻讬讬转讛 讬"讗 讜谞讚专砖讛 诇讛讻讬谉 注讘讜讚讛 诇讻讘讜讚 讛讘讙专讜转 讘讛讬住讟讜专讬讛, 讙讬诇讬转讬 砖住讘转讗 砖诇讬 诇讗 诪住驻讬拽 讛讬住讟讜专讬转. 讘诪讛诇讱 讛注讘讜讚讛 讛转诇诪讬讚讬诐 讛转讘拽砖讜 诇专讗讬讬谉 讚诪讜转 "讛讬住讟讜专讬转" 砖注讚讬讬谉 讘讞讬讬诐, 讜讛讜讙讚专 讘讚讬讜拽 诪讛: 谞讬爪讜诇 砖讜讗讛, 讗讚诐 砖诇讞诐 讘诪诇讞诪转 讛砖讞专讜专, 讗讚诐 砖注诇讛 诇讗专抓 讘讗讞转 讛注诇讬讜转 砖诇 砖谞讜转 讛讞诪讬砖讬诐, 讜讛讬讛 注讜讚 讗讬讝讛 驻专诪讟专 砖诪讗驻砖专 诇讘谞讬 讛注讚讛 讛讗转讬讜驻讬转 诇讛砖转转祝, 注讜诇讬诐 讘诪讘爪注 诪砖讛 讗讜 诪砖讛讜. 讟讜讘, 讬砖 诇讬 住讘转讗, 讻诇讜诪专 讛讬转讛 诇讬 讘讗讜转讜 讛讝诪谉, 讛讬讗 讛讬转讛 讘转 转砖注讬诐 讜讞诪砖, 专注谞谞讛 讜爪诇讜诇讛.
讜诇讗 讛讬住讟讜专讬转 诇讞诇讜讟讬谉. 住讘转讗 砖诇讬 讗诪谞诐 谞讜诇讚讛 讘驻讜诇讬谉, 讗讘诇 讛讜专讬讛 讛砖讻讬诇讜 诇讛讙讬注 讗专爪讛 讘砖谞转 1936, 讛专讘讛 诇驻谞讬 砖谞讜转 讛讞诪讬砖讬诐, 讜转讜讚讜转 诇讛诐 讛讬讗 讙诐 诇讗 谞讬爪讜诇转 砖讜讗讛. 讜讛讬讗 诇讗 诇讞诪讛 讘诪诇讞诪转 讛砖讞专讜专. 诪住转讘专 砖诇讞讬讜转 讻讗谉 讘转拽讜驻转 讛诪谞讚讟 讛讘专讬讟讬, 讻讜诇诇 驻专注讜转, 诇讛转讞转谉, 讜讗讝 诇诇讚转 讬诇讚讛 讬讜诪讬讬诐 诇驻谞讬 拽讜诐 讛诪讚讬谞讛, 讜诇讙讚诇 讗讜转讛 讘讝诪谉 砖讘注诇讱 诪砖专转 14 讞讜讚砖 讘爪讘讗, 讜讘讻谉 , 讝讛 诇讗 诪住驻讬拽 "讛讬住讟讜专讬". 住讘讗 讗诪谞诐 讻讘专 诪转 讘讗讜转讛 转拽讜驻讛, 讗讘诇 诇诪讝诇谞讜 诪爪讗谞讜 讗转 住讘转讗 专讜转讬 砖砖讬专转讛 讘谞讞"诇, 讜讻讱 讛讬讛 诪讛 诇讻转讜讘, 讻讜诇诇 诇专讗讬讬谉 讗讬砖讛. 注诐 讝讗转, 讛拽讟注 砖讘讜 讙讚讜诇 诪砖驻讞讛 讘转拽讜驻讛 住讜注专转 诇讗 谞讞砖讘 讛讬住讟讜专讬 诇讗 诪专驻讛 诪诪谞讬 注讚 讛讬讜诐.
注讚 讻讗谉 讛讘讙专讜转 讘讛讬住讟讜专讬讛, 讜注讻砖讬讜 诇讘讙专讜转 讘住驻专讜转. 讻讘专 讻转讘转讬 讻诪讛 驻注诪讬诐 讘住拽讬专讜转 驻讛 砖讛讻诇诇转讜 砖诇 住驻专 讻讞讜诪专 诇讬诪讜讚讬 讛讬讗 注专讜讘讛 诪诇讗讛 诇讻讱 砖讚讜专讜转 砖诇 转诇诪讬讚讬诐 讬住专讘讜 诇拽专讜讗 讗讜转讜. 讜讘讻谉 讙诐 讻砖诇拽讞转讬 讗转 讛住驻专 讛讝讛 诇讬讚 砖讗诇讜 讗讜转讬 讛讚讜专 讛爪注讬专 诇诪讛 讗谞讬讬 注讜砖讛 讗转 讝讛 讗诐 讻讘专 注讘专转讬 讘讙专讜转, 讜讛转砖讜讘讛 讛讬讗 砖讘讝诪谞讬 (讛讛讬住讟讜专讬!) 讝讛 诇讗 讛讬讛 诇讘讙专讜转 讗诇讗 住转诐 住驻专 谞讜注专, 讜讗谞讬 注讻砖讬讜 讞讜讝专转 诇讞讜讜讬讛.
驻讗谞讬讛 诪谞讚诇砖讟诐, 讘转 16, 诪讜爪讗转 讗转 注爪诪讛 诪讜讻讛 讜讞讘讜诇讛, 讗讞专讬 驻专注讜转 讘注讬讬专转 讛诪讜诇讚转 砖诇讛, 讗讞专讬 讗讜谞住 讗讻讝专讬, 注诐 转讬谞讜拽转 拽讟谞讛, 注诐 讗讞 砖讛驻讱 讞讜诇讛 谞驻砖 讜讘讜专讞 诪讗谞砖讬诐, 讜讘诇讬 讘讬讬转. 讛讬讗 诪讙讬注讛 诇讙诇讬诇 讛注诇讬讜谉, 诪转讞转谞转 注诐 讬讞讬讗诇 住讬诇住, 讗诇诪谉 砖诪讘讜讙专 诪诪谞讛 讘注砖讜专 讜诪讟讜驻诇 讘砖谞讬 讬诇讚讬诐 拽讟谞讬诐, 讜诪讙讬注讛 讗诇讬讜 诇诪拽讜诐 砖讛注专讘讬诐 拽讜专讗讬诐 诇讜 讙'注讜谞讬 讜讛讬讛讜讚讬诐 砖诪转讬讬砖讘讬诐 讘讜 拽讜专讗讬诐 诇讜 讙讗-讗讜谞讬. 讘诪拽讜诐 讛讝讛 驻讗谞讬讛 诪转诪讜讚讚转 注诐 注讜谞讬, 专注讘, 讞讬讬诐 砖诇 讞拽诇讗讬诐 诪讞讜住专讬 诪诪讜谉, 讛转诪讜讚讚讜转 注诐 诪讞诇讜转 拽砖讜转, 驻注专讬诐 转专讘讜转讬讬诐 诇讗 驻砖讜讟讬诐 讜注诐 讞讬讝讜专讬诐 砖诇 诇讗 讗讞专 诪谞驻转诇讬 讛专抓 讗讬诪讘专. 驻讗谞讬讛 讞专讜爪讛 讜讘注诇转 转讜砖讬讛 讜诇讻谉 讛讬讗 诪爪诇讬讞讛 讘诪讬谞讬 讬讜讝诪讜转 讻诪讜 诇诇诪讚 讗转 讛讬诇讚讬诐 讘讗讬讝讜专, 诇住讞讜专 讘转专讜驻讜转 讜诇讛转诪讜讚讚 注诐 诪爪讬讗讜转 诇讗 驻砖讜讟讛. 诪爪讚 砖谞讬 讛讬讗 注讚讬讬谉 讬诇讚讛, 讜诇讻谉 讛拽砖专 讘讬谞讛 讜讘讬谉 讬讞讬讗诇 诪讘讜诇讘诇 讜诪转注专讘讘.
讘住讜祝 讝讛 住驻专 谞注讜专讬诐 砖诪谞住讛 诇讞砖讜祝 讛讬住讟讜专讬讛, 讗讘诇 讛讜讗 讙诐 讘讬讚讬讜谞讬 讜诇讻谉 诇讗 讘专讜专 诪讛 诪转讜讻讜 转讬讗讜专 诇讗 诪住讜驻专 砖诇 讬讜诪讬讜诐 谞砖讬 讜诇讗 讛讬住讟讜专讬 讘注诇讬诇, 讜诪讛 讗谞讻专讜谞讬讝诐 驻诪讬谞讬住讟讬 砖讛诪讞讘专转 诪讻谞讬住讛 驻谞讬诪讛. 讜讻谉, 讗讬诪讛 砖诇 住讘转讬 讛讬转讛 驻诪讬谞讬住讟讬转 讘住讜祝 讛诪讗讛 讛-19, 讗讘诇 讗谞讬 诇讗 讬讜讚注转 讻诪讛 讝讛 讛讬讛 诪爪讘 砖讻讬讞 讻驻讬 砖讗讜诇讬 讛讬讬谞讜 专讜爪讜转 诇讞砖讜讘.
讜注诐 讻诇 讛讞讜诇砖讜转, 讛住驻专 谞注讬诐 诇拽专讬讗讛. 讻诇讜诪专 诇诪讬 砖诇讗 爪专讬讱 诇讚注转 讗讜转讜 诇讘讙专讜转.
讜诇讗 讛讬住讟讜专讬转 诇讞诇讜讟讬谉. 住讘转讗 砖诇讬 讗诪谞诐 谞讜诇讚讛 讘驻讜诇讬谉, 讗讘诇 讛讜专讬讛 讛砖讻讬诇讜 诇讛讙讬注 讗专爪讛 讘砖谞转 1936, 讛专讘讛 诇驻谞讬 砖谞讜转 讛讞诪讬砖讬诐, 讜转讜讚讜转 诇讛诐 讛讬讗 讙诐 诇讗 谞讬爪讜诇转 砖讜讗讛. 讜讛讬讗 诇讗 诇讞诪讛 讘诪诇讞诪转 讛砖讞专讜专. 诪住转讘专 砖诇讞讬讜转 讻讗谉 讘转拽讜驻转 讛诪谞讚讟 讛讘专讬讟讬, 讻讜诇诇 驻专注讜转, 诇讛转讞转谉, 讜讗讝 诇诇讚转 讬诇讚讛 讬讜诪讬讬诐 诇驻谞讬 拽讜诐 讛诪讚讬谞讛, 讜诇讙讚诇 讗讜转讛 讘讝诪谉 砖讘注诇讱 诪砖专转 14 讞讜讚砖 讘爪讘讗, 讜讘讻谉 , 讝讛 诇讗 诪住驻讬拽 "讛讬住讟讜专讬". 住讘讗 讗诪谞诐 讻讘专 诪转 讘讗讜转讛 转拽讜驻讛, 讗讘诇 诇诪讝诇谞讜 诪爪讗谞讜 讗转 住讘转讗 专讜转讬 砖砖讬专转讛 讘谞讞"诇, 讜讻讱 讛讬讛 诪讛 诇讻转讜讘, 讻讜诇诇 诇专讗讬讬谉 讗讬砖讛. 注诐 讝讗转, 讛拽讟注 砖讘讜 讙讚讜诇 诪砖驻讞讛 讘转拽讜驻讛 住讜注专转 诇讗 谞讞砖讘 讛讬住讟讜专讬 诇讗 诪专驻讛 诪诪谞讬 注讚 讛讬讜诐.
注讚 讻讗谉 讛讘讙专讜转 讘讛讬住讟讜专讬讛, 讜注讻砖讬讜 诇讘讙专讜转 讘住驻专讜转. 讻讘专 讻转讘转讬 讻诪讛 驻注诪讬诐 讘住拽讬专讜转 驻讛 砖讛讻诇诇转讜 砖诇 住驻专 讻讞讜诪专 诇讬诪讜讚讬 讛讬讗 注专讜讘讛 诪诇讗讛 诇讻讱 砖讚讜专讜转 砖诇 转诇诪讬讚讬诐 讬住专讘讜 诇拽专讜讗 讗讜转讜. 讜讘讻谉 讙诐 讻砖诇拽讞转讬 讗转 讛住驻专 讛讝讛 诇讬讚 砖讗诇讜 讗讜转讬 讛讚讜专 讛爪注讬专 诇诪讛 讗谞讬讬 注讜砖讛 讗转 讝讛 讗诐 讻讘专 注讘专转讬 讘讙专讜转, 讜讛转砖讜讘讛 讛讬讗 砖讘讝诪谞讬 (讛讛讬住讟讜专讬!) 讝讛 诇讗 讛讬讛 诇讘讙专讜转 讗诇讗 住转诐 住驻专 谞讜注专, 讜讗谞讬 注讻砖讬讜 讞讜讝专转 诇讞讜讜讬讛.
驻讗谞讬讛 诪谞讚诇砖讟诐, 讘转 16, 诪讜爪讗转 讗转 注爪诪讛 诪讜讻讛 讜讞讘讜诇讛, 讗讞专讬 驻专注讜转 讘注讬讬专转 讛诪讜诇讚转 砖诇讛, 讗讞专讬 讗讜谞住 讗讻讝专讬, 注诐 转讬谞讜拽转 拽讟谞讛, 注诐 讗讞 砖讛驻讱 讞讜诇讛 谞驻砖 讜讘讜专讞 诪讗谞砖讬诐, 讜讘诇讬 讘讬讬转. 讛讬讗 诪讙讬注讛 诇讙诇讬诇 讛注诇讬讜谉, 诪转讞转谞转 注诐 讬讞讬讗诇 住讬诇住, 讗诇诪谉 砖诪讘讜讙专 诪诪谞讛 讘注砖讜专 讜诪讟讜驻诇 讘砖谞讬 讬诇讚讬诐 拽讟谞讬诐, 讜诪讙讬注讛 讗诇讬讜 诇诪拽讜诐 砖讛注专讘讬诐 拽讜专讗讬诐 诇讜 讙'注讜谞讬 讜讛讬讛讜讚讬诐 砖诪转讬讬砖讘讬诐 讘讜 拽讜专讗讬诐 诇讜 讙讗-讗讜谞讬. 讘诪拽讜诐 讛讝讛 驻讗谞讬讛 诪转诪讜讚讚转 注诐 注讜谞讬, 专注讘, 讞讬讬诐 砖诇 讞拽诇讗讬诐 诪讞讜住专讬 诪诪讜谉, 讛转诪讜讚讚讜转 注诐 诪讞诇讜转 拽砖讜转, 驻注专讬诐 转专讘讜转讬讬诐 诇讗 驻砖讜讟讬诐 讜注诐 讞讬讝讜专讬诐 砖诇 诇讗 讗讞专 诪谞驻转诇讬 讛专抓 讗讬诪讘专. 驻讗谞讬讛 讞专讜爪讛 讜讘注诇转 转讜砖讬讛 讜诇讻谉 讛讬讗 诪爪诇讬讞讛 讘诪讬谞讬 讬讜讝诪讜转 讻诪讜 诇诇诪讚 讗转 讛讬诇讚讬诐 讘讗讬讝讜专, 诇住讞讜专 讘转专讜驻讜转 讜诇讛转诪讜讚讚 注诐 诪爪讬讗讜转 诇讗 驻砖讜讟讛. 诪爪讚 砖谞讬 讛讬讗 注讚讬讬谉 讬诇讚讛, 讜诇讻谉 讛拽砖专 讘讬谞讛 讜讘讬谉 讬讞讬讗诇 诪讘讜诇讘诇 讜诪转注专讘讘.
讘住讜祝 讝讛 住驻专 谞注讜专讬诐 砖诪谞住讛 诇讞砖讜祝 讛讬住讟讜专讬讛, 讗讘诇 讛讜讗 讙诐 讘讬讚讬讜谞讬 讜诇讻谉 诇讗 讘专讜专 诪讛 诪转讜讻讜 转讬讗讜专 诇讗 诪住讜驻专 砖诇 讬讜诪讬讜诐 谞砖讬 讜诇讗 讛讬住讟讜专讬 讘注诇讬诇, 讜诪讛 讗谞讻专讜谞讬讝诐 驻诪讬谞讬住讟讬 砖讛诪讞讘专转 诪讻谞讬住讛 驻谞讬诪讛. 讜讻谉, 讗讬诪讛 砖诇 住讘转讬 讛讬转讛 驻诪讬谞讬住讟讬转 讘住讜祝 讛诪讗讛 讛-19, 讗讘诇 讗谞讬 诇讗 讬讜讚注转 讻诪讛 讝讛 讛讬讛 诪爪讘 砖讻讬讞 讻驻讬 砖讗讜诇讬 讛讬讬谞讜 专讜爪讜转 诇讞砖讜讘.
讜注诐 讻诇 讛讞讜诇砖讜转, 讛住驻专 谞注讬诐 诇拽专讬讗讛. 讻诇讜诪专 诇诪讬 砖诇讗 爪专讬讱 诇讚注转 讗讜转讜 诇讘讙专讜转.
October 9, 2009
This was a good story. I enjoyed reading about Fania and how she struggles with the fact that she has a child as a result of rape and how she slowly comes to love the man she married for convenient purposes. However, between her emotional struggles, blossoming friendships, and the developing bond between her and her husband and children, it was boring at times. There is drought and more drought and immigrants come and go and land is bought and sold and there is drought again. Most of the novel is about the Jewish colony on Gai Oni and how hungry they are. When rain finally comes, they have no money for seeds and so on the story goes in this pattern. I also got the impression that the author was trying to install as much Jewish history as she could into this novel, making it almost textbook like at times. I also failed to see the point in the crazy lunatic brother character. As I said previously tho, I really did like Fania. I think this novel would be more further enjoyed by someone more familiar with or wanting to be more familiar with Jewish history. It is not so much about Fania as early Jewish colonization and the struggles of the Jewish people.
January 26, 2009
This story of a young Jewish woman arriving in the Holy Land after losing most of her family in the Russian progroms of the late 19-th century is fascinating, but like reading Pamuk's book "Snow" I flounder when the text turns to the politics and religious divisions of the time. Fania, is - as many great female characters are - a refreshing mix of naivte, determination, inexperience and strength. This was a very hard read and I don't really recommend it, but by ggawd, I finished!
June 1, 2016
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January 16, 2009
Fania brings her uncle and lunatic brother to Palestine to settle in Zion in the early early days of settlements. Grim grim grim. Privation. Desperation. This book is not fun, but I learned a lot about the early settlement by the Jews amid the Bedouins.
June 15, 2023
"We're stronger than we think, Sasha. It's seems we can't take any more and then something else happens. And we endure that too. Is that a sign of strength or weakness?"
...
"We should have cried out till the skies cracked open, even if it meant dying in the process. We need to yell, Sasha, yell! Remind the world of its shame. Remind it that *we* are the crucified Christ. Why are we ashamed?"
"Perhaps it's because we're human....meaning...we're ashamed of the acts of humanity..."
Towards the end of the book, this is the dialogue of two characters whose families were murdered in the pogroms in Ukraine, (though since this is the late 19th century and they are Jewish, they refer to their former homeland as Russia). These two finally found how to give voice to the incredible trauma they both came through.
It really gets on my tits when people can't see the humanity and pain behind Zionism. The Zionism that means return to the original Jewish homeland, not the far right, racist Zionism. I hate when people put Zionists on par with, say, US white supremacists. It makes no fucking sense. And it entrenches the feelings of being hated and put upon which in turn feeds the far right and racist wing of Israeli (& diaspora) society.
This is not a novel one is going to read to get joy from.
Through her story, one gets to learn (and get confused by) the tangled, complicated, maddening mess that was the late 19th century, Ottoman-ruled but owned by everyone and no-one, Israel.
And as is often said, two Jews, three opinions! Whenever the passages of the various movements and ideologies butting heads with each other appeared, I do have to confess, I became increasingly fed up with them and nearly skimmed them by the end. But it sure was important to include them. To show the messiness. The Ottoman over-rule. The land owners. The various necks of the wood the Jews were returning from. The people living from charity. The people refusing charity and stubbornly trying to cultivate the land on which no-one, Arab and Jew alike, was able to grow anything much for hundreds of years. The various intellectual movements. Everyone trying to live somewhat together but having different ideas about how and resenting each other.
But it was important to include all of this in the book to truly understand the...zeitgeist.
Our heroine is hard to love, despite all the tragedies that befall her. That, I think, is a sign of great writing and characterisation. Fania is stubborn, abd all a-tangle. She comes from a middle class intellectual family, loves books, is good at playing the piano. Boom, most of the book she spends barefoot and hungry, bullishly trying to occupy her mind with hard work and business ventures. She doesn't communicate well, and neither does her husband. She's not like the other girls, dutifully staying in the kitchen and with the kids, not because it would bring her some social clout, (she's tolerated at best), but because there she is and she can do no other. Also, by the end of the book, she is still only 21. Her brain is not quite there yet.
(I think we in general underestimate just how many of the big - and small - decisions in our shared human history were made by people whose brain has not yet fully developed! We're so fucking pampered nowadays, but I wonder if, going forward, it's actually gonna result in something better than what our traumatised and under-developed, poorly communicating forebears were able to manage.)
The youth of many of the characters, the hard work that even the children took part in. It's a lot. It's a lot to confront from the relative comfort of 21st century life. (And I'm poor.)
I read this book incredibly fast, engrossed. I don't know if I loved it, because there was somehow some sort of a remove in the style of the writing. (I have no way of comparing the author's son's fiction writing to hers, but I'd say his non-fiction style is warmer.) Perhaps it was for the best though, because this is certainly not a joyful book. Perhaps a more emotive style would destroy the reader. (Or perhaps it's the translation.) Hence 4/5. It's really, really good. But just a bit too detached to be a 5.
Note: I've wanted to read this book for a year and am glad this English translation is available via the Internet Archive. (I prefer ebooks and the Czech translation was not available in that format.)
...
"We should have cried out till the skies cracked open, even if it meant dying in the process. We need to yell, Sasha, yell! Remind the world of its shame. Remind it that *we* are the crucified Christ. Why are we ashamed?"
"Perhaps it's because we're human....meaning...we're ashamed of the acts of humanity..."
Towards the end of the book, this is the dialogue of two characters whose families were murdered in the pogroms in Ukraine, (though since this is the late 19th century and they are Jewish, they refer to their former homeland as Russia). These two finally found how to give voice to the incredible trauma they both came through.
It really gets on my tits when people can't see the humanity and pain behind Zionism. The Zionism that means return to the original Jewish homeland, not the far right, racist Zionism. I hate when people put Zionists on par with, say, US white supremacists. It makes no fucking sense. And it entrenches the feelings of being hated and put upon which in turn feeds the far right and racist wing of Israeli (& diaspora) society.
This is not a novel one is going to read to get joy from.
Through her story, one gets to learn (and get confused by) the tangled, complicated, maddening mess that was the late 19th century, Ottoman-ruled but owned by everyone and no-one, Israel.
And as is often said, two Jews, three opinions! Whenever the passages of the various movements and ideologies butting heads with each other appeared, I do have to confess, I became increasingly fed up with them and nearly skimmed them by the end. But it sure was important to include them. To show the messiness. The Ottoman over-rule. The land owners. The various necks of the wood the Jews were returning from. The people living from charity. The people refusing charity and stubbornly trying to cultivate the land on which no-one, Arab and Jew alike, was able to grow anything much for hundreds of years. The various intellectual movements. Everyone trying to live somewhat together but having different ideas about how and resenting each other.
But it was important to include all of this in the book to truly understand the...zeitgeist.
Our heroine is hard to love, despite all the tragedies that befall her. That, I think, is a sign of great writing and characterisation. Fania is stubborn, abd all a-tangle. She comes from a middle class intellectual family, loves books, is good at playing the piano. Boom, most of the book she spends barefoot and hungry, bullishly trying to occupy her mind with hard work and business ventures. She doesn't communicate well, and neither does her husband. She's not like the other girls, dutifully staying in the kitchen and with the kids, not because it would bring her some social clout, (she's tolerated at best), but because there she is and she can do no other. Also, by the end of the book, she is still only 21. Her brain is not quite there yet.
(I think we in general underestimate just how many of the big - and small - decisions in our shared human history were made by people whose brain has not yet fully developed! We're so fucking pampered nowadays, but I wonder if, going forward, it's actually gonna result in something better than what our traumatised and under-developed, poorly communicating forebears were able to manage.)
The youth of many of the characters, the hard work that even the children took part in. It's a lot. It's a lot to confront from the relative comfort of 21st century life. (And I'm poor.)
I read this book incredibly fast, engrossed. I don't know if I loved it, because there was somehow some sort of a remove in the style of the writing. (I have no way of comparing the author's son's fiction writing to hers, but I'd say his non-fiction style is warmer.) Perhaps it was for the best though, because this is certainly not a joyful book. Perhaps a more emotive style would destroy the reader. (Or perhaps it's the translation.) Hence 4/5. It's really, really good. But just a bit too detached to be a 5.
Note: I've wanted to read this book for a year and am glad this English translation is available via the Internet Archive. (I prefer ebooks and the Czech translation was not available in that format.)
March 6, 2022
Engaging story about the pioneer days in Israel/Palestine at the end of the 19th century.
June 7, 2022
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讛住讬驻讜专 砖诇 驻讗谞讬讛 讜讬讞讬讗诇 诪讗讜讚 谞讙注 讘讬 讜讛转讞讘专转讬 讗诇讬讛诐 诪讗讜讚.
讛住讬驻讜专 砖诇 驻讗谞讬讛 讜讬讞讬讗诇 诪讗讜讚 谞讙注 讘讬 讜讛转讞讘专转讬 讗诇讬讛诐 诪讗讜讚.
April 20, 2025
I had so many issues with this book on top of that the storytelling is so weird and jumpy
October 26, 2013
It's the 1880's, and Fania, a teenage Jewish girl has made a hard bargain. To save herself, her baby daughter (the outcome of a rape by a Cossack), and her brother (driven mad by his experience in the Russian army), she marries a widower, Yehiel, from one of the early Zionist settlements and moves there to take care of him and his two children. It hasn't rained in two years, and the ground is parched. People (both Jews and Arabs) are working like slaves and starving. What's worse, the sister of her husband's first wife is always on the scene, and Fania fears she is making a play for Yehiel...whom Fania realizes she has begun to love.
This is the first half of Valley of Strength, and although it's melodramatic, it's worth reading. Aside from the story, you will get a good look at pioneer life, and the divisions between the various Zionist movements. Fania is an interesting character: at the same time spirited and self-conscious, idealistic and hardheaded, a tireless worker and a reader of Anna Karenina.
Unfortunately the story drags on too long. The second half of the book is an endless series of stratagems for making a living combined with an interminable discussion of how the Jews of the settlement resent the charity of the philanthropists and organizations on whom they depend. Also, for an audience that's not familiar with Jewish culture or Israeli history, too many references will be lost. The translation should have included notes and a glossary.
I am a big reader of mysteries, and apparently the author Shulamit Lapid has written several that have not been translated into English. I see enough in Valley of Strength to make me hope the translations will be forthcoming. I would like to read them.
This is the first half of Valley of Strength, and although it's melodramatic, it's worth reading. Aside from the story, you will get a good look at pioneer life, and the divisions between the various Zionist movements. Fania is an interesting character: at the same time spirited and self-conscious, idealistic and hardheaded, a tireless worker and a reader of Anna Karenina.
Unfortunately the story drags on too long. The second half of the book is an endless series of stratagems for making a living combined with an interminable discussion of how the Jews of the settlement resent the charity of the philanthropists and organizations on whom they depend. Also, for an audience that's not familiar with Jewish culture or Israeli history, too many references will be lost. The translation should have included notes and a glossary.
I am a big reader of mysteries, and apparently the author Shulamit Lapid has written several that have not been translated into English. I see enough in Valley of Strength to make me hope the translations will be forthcoming. I would like to read them.
January 14, 2011
While I have no clue as to the quality of the translation, as I read the Hebrew original, I just want to share with you all that this is a wonderfull book.
This novel has been first published in the early 1980's, specifically with the intend to enlighten the Israeli reading public about the period of early colonisation and the pre-cursors to Zionism. It fits in with the 'New Historians-movement', a movement that began to re-examine the way Israeli history had been presented up to that time.
It is a wonderfull book, in which the main characters are fictional, but many of the people inhabiting the surrounding scenery (so to speak) are actual people who were living the life depicted in the book (Sir Oliphant, Israel Bak, Eleazar Rokeah, Naftali Herz Imber as well a many of the smaller personae)
I wrote my master's degree thesis on this book and researched the authenticity of the historical background. I can vouch for the thorough research of the author and I can only admire the wonderfull way she has woven a tale of reality and fiction.
A must read for everybody interested in the area and the history.
This novel has been first published in the early 1980's, specifically with the intend to enlighten the Israeli reading public about the period of early colonisation and the pre-cursors to Zionism. It fits in with the 'New Historians-movement', a movement that began to re-examine the way Israeli history had been presented up to that time.
It is a wonderfull book, in which the main characters are fictional, but many of the people inhabiting the surrounding scenery (so to speak) are actual people who were living the life depicted in the book (Sir Oliphant, Israel Bak, Eleazar Rokeah, Naftali Herz Imber as well a many of the smaller personae)
I wrote my master's degree thesis on this book and researched the authenticity of the historical background. I can vouch for the thorough research of the author and I can only admire the wonderfull way she has woven a tale of reality and fiction.
A must read for everybody interested in the area and the history.
January 23, 2016
Starts off with a lot of dynamic promise. I've never read about this period so it's a good way for me - a resident of the Western Galilee who's traveled a bit in the areas mentioned - to learn the history. (For example, I hadn't known that Jews lived together with Arabs in nearby places like Kafr Yasif and Shfar'am!) Can't help but be reminded of the conditions faced by the American pioneers settling the West. An extra element, relevant today (the book was published in Hebrew in 1982) is the Jewish tradition as practiced by these people raised in an Orthodox observant environment, how it informs their practices and neighborly relations.
I'm reading it in Hebrew, and only agricultural, etc. vocabulary presents a real challenge.
I started the book because I understand its film version by Dan Wolman is premiering across Israel next week!
I'm reading it in Hebrew, and only agricultural, etc. vocabulary presents a real challenge.
I started the book because I understand its film version by Dan Wolman is premiering across Israel next week!
July 15, 2021
This book was quite slow and not very gripping, but at least it was enjoyable. Had to read it for school, so I assume this might have influenced my eagerness about it.
I did not like how Lapid added religious and political issues into the course of the novel, it was just so boring! On the other hand, the story is beautiful, due to the fact that she did not try to beautify history and told it as it was! Upon all, this is a human, true-to-history story.
I did not like how Lapid added religious and political issues into the course of the novel, it was just so boring! On the other hand, the story is beautiful, due to the fact that she did not try to beautify history and told it as it was! Upon all, this is a human, true-to-history story.
May 17, 2009
I'm not sure how I feel about. I like both the story and characters but I hit points in this book where I can't figure out what is going on. It's translated from hebrew, so this could be part of the problem, just a bad translation, or me.
And in the end I think I was just disappointed. I really thought I'd get more form this book.
And in the end I think I was just disappointed. I really thought I'd get more form this book.
June 30, 2013
If the purpose of the book was to show the tedium of life in late 19th century Jewish agricultural settlements in Israel, it certainly succeeded. Although there were some interesting points,not even the artificial injection of women's liberation and the overuse of exclamation points could break the tedium of the story.
July 11, 2014
Enjoyed reading about the history of Israel before it became a modern country. Interested in reading about the pograms that happened in the Ukraine in the 1880s. My great grandmother lived there during that period and talked to me about the experience.
November 7, 2015
A great historical novell.
An Israeli Pride and prejudice/Outlander. Very emotional, and true to history.
Timeless. Have re-read it so many times,
a love story that begins with a Hero calling the Heroine Stupid, not a cheesy love story, but that's what's so compelling to me.
An Israeli Pride and prejudice/Outlander. Very emotional, and true to history.
Timeless. Have re-read it so many times,
a love story that begins with a Hero calling the Heroine Stupid, not a cheesy love story, but that's what's so compelling to me.
July 20, 2009
A novel about Parke Davis' first pharmaceutical representative to Israel, Fania, a Ukrainian Jewish girl who immigrates to Israel after the pogroms of 1882.
September 14, 2010
It is the story of a young woman whose life was totally changed by a Pogrom in Russia. She marries and moves to Gai Oni, a Jewish settlement
in Galilee at the end of the nineteenth century.
in Galilee at the end of the nineteenth century.
April 30, 2012
This was a great walk into history of early Israel and brings to life the clash of cultures and harsh realiities of the true chalutzim. Great read, wonderful characters and spirit.
June 17, 2013
This is an excellent portrayal of early life and hardships in late 19th century Israel (Palestine then). I could not put it down; it was so engrossing.
June 9, 2015
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January 29, 2011
One of the best in the hebrew literture
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