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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.
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.
Evan Fallenberg ([...] translates fiction by well-known and upcoming Israeli writers. He teaches creative writing at Bar Ilan University in Israel and is the author of Light Fell, a novel.
| Erscheinungsjahr: | 2009 |
|---|---|
| Genre: | Importe, Romane & Erzählungen |
| Rubrik: | Belletristik |
| Medium: | Taschenbuch |
| Inhalt: | Einband - flex.(Paperback) |
| ISBN-13: | 9780805212143 |
| ISBN-10: | 0805212140 |
| Sprache: | Englisch |
| Einband: | Kartoniert / Broschiert |
| Autor: | Shalev, Meir |
| Hersteller: | Knopf Doubleday Publishing Group |
| Verantwortliche Person für die EU: | Produktsicherheitsverantwortliche/r, Europaallee 1, D-36244 Bad Hersfeld, gpsr@libri.de |
| Maße: | 202 x 138 x 24 mm |
| Von/Mit: | Meir Shalev |
| Erscheinungsdatum: | 06.01.2009 |
| Gewicht: | 0,267 kg |
Evan Fallenberg ([...] translates fiction by well-known and upcoming Israeli writers. He teaches creative writing at Bar Ilan University in Israel and is the author of Light Fell, a novel.
| Erscheinungsjahr: | 2009 |
|---|---|
| Genre: | Importe, Romane & Erzählungen |
| Rubrik: | Belletristik |
| Medium: | Taschenbuch |
| Inhalt: | Einband - flex.(Paperback) |
| ISBN-13: | 9780805212143 |
| ISBN-10: | 0805212140 |
| Sprache: | Englisch |
| Einband: | Kartoniert / Broschiert |
| Autor: | Shalev, Meir |
| Hersteller: | Knopf Doubleday Publishing Group |
| Verantwortliche Person für die EU: | Produktsicherheitsverantwortliche/r, Europaallee 1, D-36244 Bad Hersfeld, gpsr@libri.de |
| Maße: | 202 x 138 x 24 mm |
| Von/Mit: | Meir Shalev |
| Erscheinungsdatum: | 06.01.2009 |
| Gewicht: | 0,267 kg |
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