The Haj |
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| Author:
| Uris, Leon |
| ISBN: | 978-0-552-16555-6 |
| Publication Date: | Jun 2011 |
| Publisher: | Penguin Random House
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| Imprint: | Corgi |
| Book Format: | Paperback |
| List Price: | AUD $25.00 |
Book Description:
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Leon Uris's world-bestselling novel
Exodus became a profound influence on thoughts and feelings about the state of Israel.In
The Haj, the author once again portrays a tormented nation through its living people. Haj Ibrahim - known as the Haj - is leader of the small but strategically placed village of Tabah.Sworn enemy - and secret friend - of Gideon Asch, Israeli settler, pioneer, fighter, the Haj and his men are seen first in all their false courage and...
More DescriptionLeon Uris's world-bestselling novel Exodus became a profound influence on thoughts and feelings about the state of Israel.In The Haj, the author once again portrays a tormented nation through its living people.
Haj Ibrahim - known as the Haj - is leader of the small but strategically placed village of Tabah.Sworn enemy - and secret friend - of Gideon Asch, Israeli settler, pioneer, fighter, the Haj and his men are seen first in all their false courage and manic ambition.Theirs is a world of oaths, blood, death and vengeance.But then his association with Asch takes him elsewhere - into diplomacy, and towards leadership of another kind...
In Exodus, Leon Uris told of the birth of a new nation.In The Haj, he foretells the death of a race, of a faith, of peoples who have no greater enemies than themselves, in a novel that is as violent and turbulent as the times in which we live...