Exodus, Leon Uris
Exodus, Leon Uris
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Exodus
A Novel of Israel

Author: Leon Uris

Narrator: Paul Michael

Unabridged: 28 hr 58 min

Format: Digital Audiobook Download

Published: 07/17/2012


Synopsis

“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 Times

Exodus 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.

About The Author

Leon Uris was an American novelist best known for his bestselling books were Exodus and Trinity.


Reviews

Goodreads review by Laura on March 06, 2008

Among the top five books I have ever read, and also one of the most important. A poignant and beautifully-told story that shares a painful struggle in Jewish history - one of the many that goes untalked about in modern history classes. This book should be mandatory reading in all highschools. Althou......more

Goodreads review by Maria on February 13, 2018

5+1/ Hay libros que, sencillamente, se apoderan de nuestra alma hasta el último segundo. Libros que parecen tejidos para arrancarnos de la comodidad en la que vivimos y abrirnos los ojos. Libros, en fin, que nos hacen vibrar y sufrir a partes iguales. Pues bien, Éxodo es uno de esos libros; o, por l......more

Goodreads review by Tea on January 13, 2014

Knjiga o nastanku države Izrael... guta se u dahu... po njoj je snimljen i čuveni film s Polom Njumenom... Pre nekoliko godina sam svojoj prijateljici, vrsnoj prevodilici rekla: "Šta nisi čitala ništa od Leona Urisa? Ne javljaj mi se dok ne pročitaš nešto!" Poslušala me i odmah je potražila knjige u......more

Goodreads review by Anne (Booklady) on April 01, 2012

10 Stars, if I Could!!!! Much to my chagrin I have never read Leon Uris! Why I waited? I have no excuses to serve up. Uris writes BIG BOOKS that are quite spectacular. He is one of very few brilliant maestros in literature, in my opinion. He writes with an ease that kept me turning the 648 pages of......more

Goodreads review by Gary on July 16, 2023

This remarkable book documents the birth struggle of the Jewish State of Israel. Many Holocaust survivors, among others, took part in that labour. This account is historically accurate (as historical novels go). The reader comes to know the characters intimately-the dashing soldier/hero Ari Ben Cana......more


Quotes

“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 Times