It was the greatest blessing of my life to have met him. A site dedicated to book lovers providing a forum to discover and share commentary about the books and authors they enjoy. Feb 19, 2009 transcending the books political aspect and going deep into the love story, ten thousand lovers left in the middle of political turmoil just like the couple in the book. Ten thousand lovers by edeet ravel question ok, ive read the book and love it. Edeet ravel s bestselling novels for adults include ten thousand lovers and your sad eyes and unforgettable mouth. Content includes books from bestselling, midlist and debut authors. Ten thousand lovers by edeet ravel a recent immigrant to israel, lily, a young student, finds her life turned upside down when she falls in love with ami, a handsome former actor and israeli army interrogator, as the horrors of his work affect their relationship. Edeet ravel s debut novel, ten thousand lovers, is a stunning book, a mustread for anyone who likes a love story and who cares about justice, humanity, and the state of the world. Linda leith for her work as the founder and artistic director of the blue metropolis montreal international. When arthur gelb joined the new york times in 1944, manual typewriters, green eyeshades, spittoons, floors. From edeet ravel, internationally acclaimed author of the tel aviv trilogy, comes a deeply personal and emotionally resonant novel about an unexpected friendship, the second novel in montreal author edeet ravel s tel aviv trilogy, look for me, compellingly examines love and tragedy in the midst of war.
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Edeet ravel was born and raised on a marxist israeli kibbutz until she was seven and then her parents moved to canada. Sep 01, 2003 ten thousand lovers by edeet ravel is an intriguing story of a forbidden love set in tel aviv, israel. Nov 30, 2003 edeet ravel was born and raised on a marxist israeli kibbutz until she was seven and then her parents moved to canada. The narrative structure of ten thousand lovers grin publish. Ten thousand lovers by edeet ravel question yahoo answers. Narrated by lily, a linguistics scholar, some 20 years. After a long moment, she lifted her lips and smiled. A long time ago, when i was twenty, i was involved with a man who was an interrogator. Ten thousand lovers by edeet ravel a tourists guide to glengarry by ian mcgillis. My friend just finished that book and this is her interpretation of the title. Ten thousand lovers by edeet ravel isbn 0060565624. Ten thousand lovers is a heartbreaking story of love in an.
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A baby is accidentally injured while being held by his sister, and the ensuing coverup eventually. Her novels for younger readers include the critically acclaimed pauline series. Not since amos elons the israelis, amos ozs in the land of israel, and thomas friedmans from beirut to jerusalem has there been such a powerful and comprehensive book written about the jewish state and the israelipalestinian conflict. Wayne to discuss ten thousand lovers by israeli author edeet ravel sunday, dec. An israeli man and a canadian woman find their love tested by his work in the face of growing palestinian resistance during the 1970s. Ten thousand lovers tel aviv trilogy, book 1 by edeet ravel. Poems 19801990 by charles wright isbn 0374292930 isbn 0374523266.
I was absolutely blown away but this, the first in edeet ravels tel avivtrilogy a series about war and its effect on people who fall in love in its midst. Between brief accounts of london and her ballet dancer daughter, lily revisits her intense romance with ami. The time is the late 1990s and lily, an israelicanadian woman living in london, tells how 20 years before she fell in love with ami, an interrogator for israeli. Some sections are about young lily, a canadian immigrant to israel, some are about an older lily, now. Israel and palestine have experienced conflict for decades and this conflict manifests to fear and anxiety of the other. Edeet ravels 2003 novel ten thousand lovers explores further tensions in israel and palestine through the relationship of the lovers lily and ami, and how the intimate and private space of their bedroom serves as a vehicle for posing a larger societal and national critique of israel, which can initially be considered as ravel writes, it. Through these perspectives, dimensions of israeliness, palestinianness, jewishness, muslimness, arabness, and american identity. The tension in the environment affects every aspect of life. From edeet ravel, internationally acclaimed author of the tel aviv trilogy, comes a deeply personal and emotionally resonant novel about an unexpected friendship, the second novel in montreal author edeet ravels tel aviv trilogy, look for me, compellingly examines love and tragedy in the midst of war.
Ravel is able to take the reader to the exact point of her narration and she pours her heart and soul into the pages of her work. While the discussion had the potential to become heated, calmness prevailed. The time is the late 1990s and lily, an israelicanadian woman living in london, tells how 20 years before she fell in love with ami, an interrogator for israelis intelligence service. As a young adult in the early 1970s, she spent five years in israel and returns regularly to work with a peace group. Ten thousand lovers is an excellent book and i would recommend anyone interested in culture or love or the struggles of life to pick it up. Her family relocated to montreal when she was seven. The hebrew word for suspicious hashud buzzes through life in israel like an insistent fly that wont leave you alone. Catalogue search results university of toronto libraries.
In this work these main features, their definitions and borders to other term, will be brought into relation with the novel ten thousand lovers by edeet ravel, a canadian female author. Feb 15, 2004 a long time ago, when i was twenty, i was involved with a man who was an interrogator. Edeet ravel has 16 books on goodreads with 9110 ratings. Whereas the writer edeet ravel, the author of ten thousand lovers, precisely deconstructs words to get to their root of origin she begins with fearful suspicions. Ravel, born and raised on a kibbutz, now lives in quebec. At age 18 she returned to israel to attend hebrew university where she received a b. She got pregnant, they married, and ami left his job to write plays, but an emergency forced him to resume interrogating, with fatal consequences. Whether or not you agree with its premises and assumptions, you will find this book hard to put down for its sheer narrative force. Ten thousand lovers by edeet ravel headline book publishing, 2003 paperback, 384 pages dont be fooled by the title. The narrative structure of ten thousand lovers publish.
Edeet ravel is an israelicanadian novelist born in israel and raised in montreal, quebec. Held so i read this really awesome book last night from start to finish in one sitting and crazy enough, its from 2011. My promised land is a passionate yet fairminded account of how the israel of today came into being. Dec 20, 2010 edeet ravel s bestselling novels for adults include ten thousand lovers and your sad eyes and unforgettable mouth. Ten thousand lovers by edeet ravel, paperback barnes. A charming and affable woman, ravel elicited a lively range of comments and questions from the audience. Edeet ravel is a canadianisraeli writer who was born in 1955 in sasa, an israeli kibbutz near the lebanese border. This 2003 novel is a love story but its real focus is language as an instrument for both intimacy and betrayal. Intimate translations in edeet ravels ten thousand lovers. Intimate translations in edeet ravel s ten thousand lovers. Edeet ravels debut novel, ten thousand lovers, is a stunning book, a must read for anyone who likes a love story and who cares about justice, humanity, and. The main character, lily, is a young women from canada studying and learning about the wonders and terrors of her home land. Edeet ravel released january 25th, 2011 by annick press, limited. Both lyrically personal and rigorously reported, ari shavits book will undoubtedly shape for years to come.
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