Exodus
Exodus: A Novel of Israel
Exodus
Leon Uris
“Passionate summary of the inhuman treatment of the Jewish people in Europe, of the exodus in the nineteenth and twentieth centuries to Palestine, and of the triumphant founding of the new Israel.”—The New York TimesExodus is an international publishing phenomenon—the towering novel of the twentieth century's most dramatic geopolitical event.  Leon Uris magnificently portrays the birth of a new nation in the midst of enemies—the beginning of an earthshaking struggle for power.  Here is the tale that swept the world with its fury: the story of an American nurse, an Israeli freedom fighter caught up in a glorious, heartbreaking, triumphant era. Here is Exodus—one of the great bestselling novels of all time.

Book Details

Genre: 

  • Historical Fiction

Age Level: 

  • 12 and up
Profile Picture
SHC

This historical fiction is set at the time after World War II when the Israel is being born,  The events of the time are accurately described as the characters weave through the excitement and hostilities of the region before and after the UN vote in1948.  This famous vote partitioned the region between the Arabs and Jews, the latter choosing to incorporate their partitioned land into the Stae of Israel and then immediately finding it necessary to defend themselves against an onslaught of Arab nations intent on their annihilation. 

To add your comments, login above or request a LitPick membership.
RECENT BOOK REVIEWS