The Debba, Avner Mandelman
The Debba, Avner Mandelman
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The Debba

Author: Avner Mandelman

Narrator: George Guidall

Unabridged: 10 hr 23 min

Format: Digital Audiobook Download

Publisher: Recorded Books

Published: 07/01/2011

Categories: Fiction, Jewish Fiction


Synopsis

Pushcart Prize winner Avner Mandelman was the inaugural recipient of the Sophie Brody Medal for outstanding achievement in Jewish literature. In The Debba, David Starkman leaves Canada and returns to Israel after his war hero father, Isser, is murdered. Once there, David learns of an unusual request in his father's will. Isser had long-ago written a controversial play about the Debba, a mythical hyena and heroic symbol of the Arabs. It was performed once, causing a riot. Now, Isser's will insists it be staged again. "The author deftly blends a murder mystery with a nuanced examination of the intransigent Israeli-Arab conflict."-Publishers Weekly, starred review

Reviews

This is from the perspective of an American Jew who was brought up to believe that Israel is the Holy Land which is not like the other nations. My grandmother was born in Teveria (Tiberius) in 1905. She had a deep abiding love for Israel and kept in communication with her relatives who still lived t......more

Goodreads review by Mal

As an American Jew and both secular and far more progressive than the self-appointed leadership of the U.S. Jewish community, I’ve often wondered how the current intractable standoff between Israelis and Palestinians came about. “It’s obvious,” you’ll say. “Jewish immigrants from Europe forced Pales......more