Linda B. reviewed on + 149 more book reviews
I have enjoyed every book that I have read by Leon Uris.
That said, "Exodus" was one of the most powerful of his books, at least in my opinion and it hit directly into my heart. Period of total upheaval just after WW2, with many, many, many Jewish survivors attempting to get to Palestine. Israel became a nation in 1948, before that the area was under British control. That administration did not want to have even more Jewish people arriving in Palestine - there was enough trouble already between the Jewish and Arab peoples living in a very small land area each claimed as their birthright.
If you know your history, you will know that there were very few countries who wanted to take war refugees....there were numerical and status controls and not applied to just Jewish survivors....there were many survivors who spent several years AFTER the war languishing in displaced persons camps, just trying to get into another country where they might finally live a free live.
I have read it more than once and will likely read it again at least once.
This is one of the only books that I have ever read, where I can honestly say I enjoyed the movie "almost" as much as the book.
Recommended highly.
That said, "Exodus" was one of the most powerful of his books, at least in my opinion and it hit directly into my heart. Period of total upheaval just after WW2, with many, many, many Jewish survivors attempting to get to Palestine. Israel became a nation in 1948, before that the area was under British control. That administration did not want to have even more Jewish people arriving in Palestine - there was enough trouble already between the Jewish and Arab peoples living in a very small land area each claimed as their birthright.
If you know your history, you will know that there were very few countries who wanted to take war refugees....there were numerical and status controls and not applied to just Jewish survivors....there were many survivors who spent several years AFTER the war languishing in displaced persons camps, just trying to get into another country where they might finally live a free live.
I have read it more than once and will likely read it again at least once.
This is one of the only books that I have ever read, where I can honestly say I enjoyed the movie "almost" as much as the book.
Recommended highly.
