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Like no other novelist at work today, Herman Wouk has managed to capture the sweep of history in novels rich in character and alive with drama. In The Hope, which opens in 1948 and culminates in the miraculous triumph of 1967s Six-Day War, Wouk plunges the reader into the story of a nation... read more
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This is a story of the birth of the state of Israel in 1948 and ends with the six day war in 1967. The history is fascinating with the real life characters involved with the fictional characters throughout the story. It give the conditions of the lives of everyday Jews living there, the... read more (warning: may contain spoilers)
Characters/People edit
- Zev Barak: Add a description of this character.
- Yael Luria
- Sam Pasternak
- Yossi
- Ben Gurion
- Don Kishote
- Moshe Dayan
- Sinai
- Robley
- Shayna
- Emily Cunningham
- Nakhama
- Marcus
- Benny Luria
- Aryeh
- Rabin
- Chris
- Lena
- Lee Bloom
- Yadin
- Leopold
- Michael
- Nasser
- Wolfgang
- B.g.
- Gorodish
- Kennedy
- Raful
- Ehud
- El Arish
- Fiona
- Allon
- Rafael
- Yoffe
- Johnson
- Berkowitz
Setting & Locations edit
- Israel
- Jerusalem Command
- Paris
- Tel Aviv
- Washington
- America
- Old City
- Los Angeles
- New York
- Haifa
- Rafah
- Wall
- Syria
- Egypt
- California
- Jordan
- France
- Russia
- Middle East
- United States
- Soviet Union
- Cyprus
- England
- Palestine
- London
- Cairo
- West Point
- Ramatkhal
- Europe
- Faiga
- Nahalal
- Burma Road
- Lydda
- Hamtana
- Latrun
- Abba Eban
- Temple Mount
- Hiroshima
- Germany
- Panama
- Czechoslovakia
- Negev
- St. Moritz
- Eilat
- Hulda
- Oregon
- Kadesh
- Barales
First Sentence edit
That smashed elbow was still in a crooked cast after a month of repeated surgery, when Zev Barak emerged from a dingy reddish building on the Tel Aviv waterfront, into blinding noontime sunlight and a blistering hot breeze.
Authors & Contributors edit
- Herman Wouk (Author)
Classification edit
- Library of Congress: Add the Library of Congress Classification.
- Dewey: 813
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