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Title: When I Lived in Modern Times by Linda Grant ISBN: 0-452-28292-6 Publisher: Plume Pub. Date: January, 2002 Format: Paperback Volumes: 1 List Price(USD): $13.00 |
Average Customer Rating: 4.18 (11 reviews)
Rating: 5
Summary: A DESERVED PRIZE
Comment: Linda Grant won the British Orange Prize 2000 for her new book "When I Lived in Modern Times". As with her first well-received novel "The Cast Iron Shore" (also out of print!), this is a skillful combination of the personal and the political. In the Orange winner book, we follow the fortunes of Evelyn Sert who leaves postwar UK after her mother's death for a new life in Palestine. Evelyn never knew her father and grew up in what she describes as a 'shadow family', her mother the mistress of a married Jewish businessman. Arriving in British-ruled Palestine, Evelyn is like a blank canvas, in search of an identity for herself. An admirer of all things modern and with no interest in the past, she finds herself in a country with its face turned firmly towards the future. Evelyn settles in the modern city of Tel Aviv and soon becomes involved with the struggle for Jewish independence. Assuming the identity of hairdresser enables her to pass information about the policemen husbands of her British clients to her lover in the Jewish underground movement. Tel Aviv is home to the Jewish refugees of the world and Evelyn soon discovers that it is one thing to survive, but another to survive intact. Grant produces strong visual imagery and dynamic characters with memorable voices that resonate throughout this enticing and satisfying novel. A deserved prize, then.
Rating: 4
Summary: Good read
Comment: Linda Grants' story was captivating. It reminded much of my own experiences of living as an immigrant in Tel Aviv. I learned a great deal from her story about the early immigrants to the city and their unique characters and ways of behavior. The story follows a young English women who leaves England for Palestine in the years before the establishment of the State of Israel. One learns of the kibbutz experience and its hardships, of the difficulties of adjusting to life in a new country with its different cultures and norms. The descriptions of the British and the many different immigrant groups in Tel Aviv were insightful. As someone who has lived in Tel Aviv many of Linda Grants' descriptions run true to this day. This is book worth reading. As a side note Ms. Grant recommends a book on Tel Aviv by J. Schlor which I recently purchased which is fantastic. It offers historical insights into the creation of the city of Tel Aviv
Rating: 5
Summary: History As Life
Comment: Riveting narrative. I knew nothing about Israel before reading it, but Grant's story, at once personal and epic, is breathtaking without losing touch of the human elements. Grant also presents a balanced view of Israeli/Arab conflicts.
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Title: Swimming Toward the Ocean : A Novel by Carole L. Glickfeld ISBN: 0385721765 Publisher: Anchor Pub. Date: 26 February, 2002 List Price(USD): $14.00 |
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Title: Lost Tribe : Jewish Fiction from the Edge by Paul Zakrzewski ISBN: 0060533463 Publisher: Perennial Pub. Date: 05 August, 2003 List Price(USD): $14.95 |
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Title: A Chosen Few : The Resurrection of European Jewry by Mark Kurlansky ISBN: 0345448146 Publisher: Ballantine Books Pub. Date: 26 March, 2002 List Price(USD): $15.00 |
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Title: The Liberated Bride by A.B. Yehoshua, Hillel Halkin ISBN: 0151006539 Publisher: Harcourt Pub. Date: 03 November, 2003 List Price(USD): $27.00 |
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Title: The Coffee Trader : A Novel by David Liss ISBN: 0375760903 Publisher: Ballantine Books Pub. Date: 03 February, 2004 List Price(USD): $14.95 |
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