Shalev: 35 books

Meir Shalev – Mijn wilde tuin Zelfportret van de grootse Israëlische schrijver Meir Shalev als tuinier, vol levenswijsheid en humor. In ‘Mijn wilde tuin’ beschrijft Meir Shalev zijn verhuizing naar de Vlakte van Jizreel in het noorden van Israël, waar hij een haveloos stuk grond aantreft....

From the author of the acclaimed novel A Pigeon and a Boy comes a charming tale of family ties, over-the-top housekeeping, and the sport of storytelling in Nahalal, the village of Meir Shalev’s birth. Here we meet Shalev’s amazing Grandma Tonia, who arrived in Palestine by boat from Russia in...

The bestselling and prize-winning Israeli author Meir Shalev describes the many "firsts" of the Bible – the first love and the first death, to the first laugh and the first dream – providing a fresh, secular and surprising look at the stories we think we know. ** ** The first kiss in...

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...

The Bible has always been an integral part of American political culture. Yet in the years before the Civil War, it was the Old Testament, not the New Testament, that pervaded political rhetoric. From Revolutionary times through about 1830, numerous American politicians, commentators, ministers,...

Tien jaar geleden raakte Iris zwaargewond bij een terreuraanslag in een bus. Dat betekende: tien jaar pijn. Intussen heeft ze haar oude leven weer opgepakt en is ze werkzaam als directrice van een school. Haar man draagt haar op handen en de kinderen zijn het huis uit, maar de pijn is gebleven. Wanneer...

In het boek 'Een geweer, een koe, een boom en een vrouw' van Meir Shalev plegen drie boeren 1930 in een Joodse landbouwkolonie in Palestina zelfmoord dat is in ieder geval de officiële lezing. De bewoners van de kolonie weten echter dat slechts twee van hen de hand aan zichzelf hebben geslagen. De...

In het boek 'De grote vrouw' van meesterverteller Meir Shalev draait het om Refael Maier. Hij is grootgebracht door 'de grote vrouw', een combinatie van zijn teruggetrokken moeder, krengerige zus, gierige grootmoeder en twee tantes. Met zijn tweeënvijftig jaar is hij inmiddels de oudste nog levende...

Rome Reborn on Western Shores examines the literature of the Revolutionary era to explore the ways in which American patriots employed the classics and to assess antiquity's importance to the early political culture of the United States. Where other writers have concentrated on political theory and...

One of Israel’s most celebrated novelists—the acclaimed author of A Pigeon and a Boy—gives us a story of village love and vengeance in the early days of British Palestine that is still being played out two generations later. “In the year 1930 three farmers committed suicide here . ....

Hailed by The New York Times Book Review as a novel that "broke all the barriers...sexually explicit yet dense with biblical allusions and psychological insight," Love Life unbuttoned Hebrew literature and spent four months as Israel's number one best-seller. What begins as a story of a young married...

Dear Caregiver, I set out to write a comprehensive book with a fresh approach for caregivers and family members who are dealing and assisting individuals diagnosed with Alzheimer's disease. I gathered as much information as I could from over 25 years as an administrator of residential care and rest home...

A woman with three loves and a son with three fathers: a universal story of passion and personal destiny by the award-winning author of A Pigeon and a Boy.   When the mysterious Judith arrives in a small agricultural village in Palestine in the 1930s, she attracts attention of three men: Moshe, a...

Hemda Horovitz is nearing the end of her life. As she lies in bed in Jerusalem, memories from the past flood her thoughts: her childhood in the kibbutz spent under the gaze of her stern, pioneer father; the lake that was her only solace; and her own two children-one she could never love enough, and...