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An American nurse and an Israeli freedom fighter get caught up in the re-birth of Israel, during the the British Mandate and the Indepence of the State of Israel.
The book tells the story of the State of Israel, and the background of its population (holocaust survivores, russian... read more
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Characters/People edit
- Kitty Fremont: Add a description of this character.
- Dov Landau
- Ari Ben Canaan
- Karen
- David Ben Ami
- Barak Ben Canaan: Ari's father
- Mark Parker
- Bruce Sutherland
- Jossi
- Jordana Ben Canaan: Ari's sister
- Sarah
- Yakov
- Zev Gilboa
- Caldwell
- Esther
- Alistair
- Remez
- Mundek
- Dr. Lieberman
- P. Malcolm
- Kawukji
- Avidan
- Taha
- Ruth
- Bradshaw
- Ben Moshe
- Kassi
- Mussa
- Taggart
- Freddie
- Joab Yarkoni
- Tom
- Simon
- Shoshanna
- Johann Clement
- Suleiman
- Deborah
Setting & Locations edit
- Palestine
- Jerusalem
- Israel
- Cyprus
- Galilee
- Tel Aviv
- Europe
- Haifa
- Poland
- Germany
- Auschwitz
- Kyrenia
- France
- Mandria
- London
- Warsaw
- Russia
- Famagusta
- Caraolos
- Paris
- Jaffa
- Lebanon
- Egypt
- Denmark
- United States
- Whitehall
- England
- Mount Canaan
- Safed
- Berlin
- Syria
- Birkenau
- Yemen
- Iraq
- Czechoslovakia
- Damascus
- Abu Yesha
- Copenhagen
- Hutch Valley
- Larnaca
- Gan Dafna: Fictional settlement in the Galillee
First Sentence edit
The airplane plip-plopped down the runway to a halt before the big sign: WELCOME TO CYPRUS.
Table of Contents edit
BOOK 1: Beyond Jordan
BOOK 2: The Land Is Mine
BOOK 3: An Eye for an Eye
BOOK 4: Awake in Glory
BOOK 5: With Wings as Eagles
Series & Lists edit
This is book 81 of 214 in Best English-Language Fiction of the 20th Century. (authoritative list)
Preceded by Look Homeward, Angel, and followed by The Golden Notebook.
This is book 1 of 10 in Publishers Weekly Bestselling Novels in 1959. (authoritative list)
Followed by Doctor Zhivago.
First Edition edit
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Publication Date: 1958
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Page Count: 608
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Publication Date: 1958
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Page Count: 608
Awards edit
- National Jewish Book Awards (1959: Fiction)
Classification edit
- Library of Congress: 58-11328
- Dewey: 813.54
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