· Meir Shalev is one of Israel’s most celebrated novelists. He has received many awards for his work, including the National Jewish Book Award and Israel’s Brenner Prize, both for A Pigeon and a Boy. A columnist for the Israeli daily Yedioth Ahronoth, Shalev lives in Jerusalem and in northern Israel with his wife and children.4/5. The acclaimed Israeli writer Meir Shalev published his award-winning novel A Pigeon and a Boy in Translated into English by Evan Fallenberg the following year, the novel follows the twin stories of a homing pigeon handler during the War of Independence, when Israel was formed during the period of the British Mandate for Palestine; and also of a middle-aged man in contemporary times, who tries . · Michal Hoschander Malen. – Novem. From The Odyssey onward, the search for home has been a compelling literary theme, but few have done it with more style than Meir Shalev in his latest novel, A Pigeon and a www.doorway.run:
Meir Shalev has 46 books on Goodreads with ratings. Meir Shalev's most popular book is A Pigeon and a Boy. Overview. A mesmerizing novel of two love stories, separated by half a century but connected by one enchanting act of devotion—from the internationally acclaimed Israeli writer Meir Shalev. During the War of Independence—a time when pigeons are still used to deliver battlefield messages—a gifted young pigeon handler is mortally wounded. A Pigeon and a Boy Meir Shalev, ; trans., Knopf Doubleday pp. ISBN Summary From the internationally acclaimed Israeli writer Meir Shalev comes a mesmerizing novel of two love stories, separated by half a century but connected by one enchanting act of devotion.
Michal Hoschander Malen. – Novem. From The Odyssey onward, the search for home has been a compelling literary theme, but few have done it with more style than Meir Shalev in his latest novel, A Pigeon and a Boy. 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. A Pigeon and A Boy by Meir Shalev. From the internationally acclaimed Israeli writer Meir Shalev comes a mesmerizing novel of two love stories, separated by half a century but connected by one enchanting act of devotion. During the War of Independence - a time when pigeons are still used to deliver battlefield messages - a gifted young pigeon handler is mortally wounded.
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