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The bestselling and prize-winning Israeli author Meir Shalev describes the many "firsts" of the Bible - the first love and the first death, to the first laugh and the first dream - providing a fresh, secular and surprising look at the stories we think we know. The first kiss in the Bible is not a kiss of love. The first love in the Bible is not the love of a man and a woman. The first hatred in the Bible is the hatred of a man toward his wife. The first laugh in the Bible is also the last. In "Beginnings," Meir Shalev reintroduces us to the heroes and heroines of the Old Testament, exploring these and many more of the Bible's unexpected "firsts." Combining penetrating wit, deep empathy, and impressive knowledge of the Bible, he probes each episode to uncover nuances and implications that a lesser writer would overlook, and his nontraditional, nonreligious interpretations of the famous stories of the Bible take them beyond platitudes and assumptions to the love, fear, tragedy, and inspiration at their heart. Literary, inquisitive, and honest, Shalev makes these stories come alive in all their complicated beauty, and though these stories are ancient, their resonance remains intensely contemporary. "From the Hardcover edition."

From the author of the acclaimed novel A Pigeon and a Boy comes a charming tale of family ties, over-the-top housekeeping, and the sport of storytelling in Nahalal, the village of Meir Shalev's birth. Here we meet Shalev's amazing Grandma Tonia, who arrived in Palestine by boat from Russia in 1923 and lived in a constant state of battle with what she viewed as the family's biggest enemy in their new land: dirt. Grandma Tonia was never seen without a cleaning rag over her shoulder. She received visitors outdoors. She allowed only the most privileged guests to enter her spotless house. Hilarious and touching, Grandma Tonia and her regulations come richly to life in a narrative that circles around the arrival into the family's dusty agricultural midst of the big, shiny American sweeper sent as a gift by Great-uncle Yeshayahu (he who had shockingly emigrated to the sinful capitalist heaven of Los Angeles ). America, to little Meir and to his forebears, was a land of hedonism and enchanting progress; of tempting luxuries, dangerous music, and degenerate gum-chewing; and of women with painted fingernails. The sweeper, a stealth weapon from Grandpa Aharon's American brother meant to beguile the hardworking socialist household with a bit of American ease, was symbolic of the conflicts and visions of the family in every respect. The fate of Tonia's "svieeperrr"--hidden away for decades in a spotless closed-off bathroom after its initial use--is a family mystery that Shalev determines to solve. The result, in this cheerful translation by Evan Fallenberg, is pure delight, as Shalev brings to life the obsessive but loving Tonia, the pioneers who gave his childhood its spirit of wonder, and the grit and humor of people building ever-new lives. From the Hardcover edition.

A woman with three loves and a son with three fathers: a universal story of passion and personal destiny by the award-winning author of "A Pigeon and a Boy." When the mysterious Judith arrives in a small agricultural village in Palestine in the 1930s, she attracts attention of three men: Moshe, a widowed farmer; Globerman, a wealthy cattle dealer; and Jacob, who loses his wife--the most beautiful woman in the village--because of his obsession with Judith, who insists on living in a cowshed rather than settling down with any of her admirers. When she gives birth to Zayde, all three suitors consider him their son, and Zayde, who tragically loses Judith, imbibes their triple wisdom and their distinct versions of his origins. As Zayde pieces together the beguiling story of the singular woman who was his mother, Meir Shalev weaves a magical novel of the joys and secrets of village life, of an unconventional family, and the unexpected fruits of love.

A colorfully illustrated round of the season in the garden of the best-selling novelist, memoirist, and champion putterer with a wheelbarrow On the perimeter of Israel's Jezreel Valley, with the Carmel mountains rising up in the west, Meir Shalev has a beloved garden, "neither neatly organized nor well kept," as he cheerfully explains. Often covered in mud and scrapes, Shalev cultivates both nomadic plants and "house dwellers," using his own quirky techniques. He extolls the virtues of the lemon tree, rescues a precious variety of purple snapdragon from the Jerusalem-Tel Aviv highway, and does battle with a saboteur mole rat. He even gives us his superior private recipe for curing olives. Informed by Shalev's literary sensibility, his sometime riotous humor, and his deep curiosity about the land, My Wild Garden abounds with appreciation for the joy of living, quite literally, on Earth. Our borrowed time on any particular patch of it is enhanced, the author reminds us, by our honest, respectful dealings with all manner of beings who inhabit it with us.

Four Meals is the extraordinary story of Zayde, his enigmatic mother Judith and her three lovers.When Judith arrives in a small, rural village in Palestine in the early 1930s, three men compete for her attention: Globerman, the cunning, coarse cattle-dealer who loves women, money and flesh; Jacob, owner of hundreds of canaries and host to the four meals which lend the book its narrative structure; and Moshe, a widowed farmer obsessed with his dead wife and his lost braid of hair which his mother cut off in childhood.During the four meals, which take place intermittently over several decades, Zayde slowly comes to understand why these three men consider him their son and why all three participate in raising him.

The Blue Mountain is the first novel by one of Israel's most important and acclaimed contemporary writers and as with all his writing is a virtuoso example of Shalev's skill as a storyteller. Published to outstanding reviews all over the world, its publication in Britain re-affirms his reputation as a major international writer.Set in a small rural village prior to the creation of the State of Israel, this funny and hugely imaginative book paints an extraordinary picture of a small community of Ukrainian immigrants as they succeed in pioneering a new life in a new land over three generations. The Blue Mountain transcends its time and place by touching on issues of universal relevance whilst never failing to entertain and engage the reader. As with Four Meals, the writing is lyrical and of exceptional quality and illustrates why Shalev has been steadily winning an ever-increasing number of fans worldwide.

Baruch blickt zurück auf seine Kindheit in einer kleinen Siedlung in der Jesreel-Ebene, im heutigen Israel. Humorvoll werden die einzelnen Dorfbewohner charakterisiert: der konspirative Rilow, der am liebsten noch die Geburt seiner Tochter geheimhalten will; Fejge, um die sich die wildesten Gerüchte ranken; Baruch selbst, der Lauscher an der Wand, der von seinem Großvater allein erzogen wird...

Nach 'Ein Russischer Roman' (detebe 22586) legt Meir Shalev mit 'Esaus Kuß' eine zweite packende Familiensaga vor, die einen lebendigen Einblick in den heute schon zur Historie gewordenen Alltag Israels in den zwanziger, fünfziger und siebziger Jahren gibt. Drei Generationen einer jüdischen Bäckersfamilie: über Brot, Liebe und Leid, Streit und Versöhnung.

Wer hätte gedacht, daß bereits in der Bibel neben allen Varianten von Mord und Totschlag auch das Thema Kriegsdienstverweigerung behandelt wird? Daß schon hier von Vetternwirtschaft, Mafiamethoden, Kraftprotzerei und Profilneurosen die Rede ist? Und daß es andererseits auch wunderschöne, tragische Liebesgeschichten zu entdecken gibt?

"Das Wunderbare am Menschen ist doch, daß er so unergründlich ist. Jeder ist auf seine Weise verrückt und unberechenbar, und dieses Mysterium möchte ich bewahren."

Die Geschichte eines Jungen, der mitten im Krieg auf ungewöhnliche Weise gezeugt wurde, der seinen Vater nie kennenlernte und später alles über Vogelkunde und Taubenzucht wissen wollte.

Geroj romana - chelovek, chej nezarosshij rodnichok daroval emu udivitelnye oschuschenija i sposobnost predvidenija. Eto rasskaz o neobychnoj ljubvi geroja, prichudlivo vpletennyj v dramaticheskuju istoriju trekh pokolenij ego chudakovatogo roda. Avtor ironichen i mudr, ego povestvovanie zakhvatyvaet s pervykh zhe slov, raskryvaet svoi tajny do kontsa lish na poslednikh stranitsakh i zastavljaet nas tut zhe vernutsja k nachalu, chtoby chitat zanovo.Tekst romana izobiluet biblejskimi tsitatami i alljuzijami. Zdes chitatel najdet svedenija, kotorye pomogut emu najti sootvetstvujuschie mesta v Biblii. My postaralis priderzhivatsja naibolee dostupnogo sinodalnogo perevoda Vetkhogo Zaveta. Tam, gde osobennosti teksta ne pozvolili eto sdelat, my privodili tsitaty iz perevoda Davida Iosifona. K schastju, dlja mnogikh etikh slov vpolne dostatochno, chtoby prinjat reshenie i nemedlenno otpravitsja v knizhnyj magazin. Eto te ljudi, kotorye uzhe prochitali izdannye i pereizdannye "Tekstom" romany "V dome svoem v pustyne", "Russkij roman", "Esav", "Golub i Malchik", knigu "Biblija segodnja", imevshie gromkij uspekh u russkikh chitatelej.Perevodchik: Nudelman Rafail, Furman AllaRedaktor: Genkin V.

Novyj - vosmoj v etoj serii - roman Meira Shaleva, samogo populjarnogo pisatelja Izrailja, tak zhe uvlekatelen, kak uzhe poljubivshiesja chitateljam Rossii ego prezhnie proizvedenija. Kniga iskritsja intellektualnoj ironiej, na ee stranitsakh kipjat podlinnye chelovecheskie strasti. K tomu zhe avtor reshilsja na derzkij eksperiment: vpervye v ego tvorchestve povestvovanie vedetsja ot litsa zhenschiny, kotoroj otdano pravo govorit o samykh intimnykh perezhivanijakh. Pri etom roman stavit takie muchitelnye nravstvennye voprosy, kakikh ne zadavala do sikh por ni odna drugaja kniga Shaleva. Bezzhalostno, ne schitajas s uslovnostjami literatury, avtor pronikaet v samye glubinnye, samye potaennye plasty chelovecheskoj dushi. Tajny i prestuplenija v seme geroini romana prodolzhajut sadnit nashu pamjat esche dolgoe vremja posle togo, kak my perevernem poslednjuju stranitsu.Perevodchik: Nudelman Rafail, Furman Alla