Edeet ravels ten thousand lovers bill gladstone genealogy. The time is the late 1990s and lily, an israelicanadian woman living in london, tells how 20 years before she fell in love with ami, an interrogator for israelis intelligence service. I was absolutely blown away but this, the first in edeet ravel s tel avivtrilogy a series about war and its effect on people who fall in love in its midst. As soon as edeet started writing about israel, she became involved in peace activism, first in montreal and then in israel. Ten thousand lovers has made an auspicious debut as a first novel since its publication earlier this year in both england and canada. Ami and lily are wonderful and you fall in love with them as they fall in love with each other. Buy a cheap copy of ten thousand lovers book by edeet ravel. Ten thousand lovers is a heartbreaking story of love in an. Handsome, intelligent, and exciting, but like his beautiful, disintegrating country, ami has a terrible flaw he is an army interrogator. From edeet ravel, internationally acclaimed author of the tel aviv trilogy, comes a deeply personal and emotionally resonant novel about an unexpected friendship, the second novel in montreal author edeet ravels tel aviv trilogy, look for me, compellingly examines love and tragedy in the midst of war.
Reviewed in canada on june 28, 2005 set in the seventies, the novel demonstrates the political landscape of the newly formed israel, through its citizens and their personal and professional lives. A site dedicated to book lovers providing a forum to discover and share commentary about the books and authors they enjoy. Ten thousand lovers is an excellent book and i would recommend anyone interested in culture or love or the struggles of life to pick it up. Edeet ravel books list of books by author edeet ravel. Transcending the books political aspect and going deep into the love story, ten thousand lovers left in the middle of political turmoil just like the couple in the book. Nov 30, 2003 edeet ravel was born and raised on a marxist israeli kibbutz until she was seven and then her parents moved to canada. Edeet ravel, author of ten thousand lovers, on librarything. Ten thousand lovers edeet ravel dovegreyreader scribbles. The terminology of genette is in some parts the same, but also different to the terminology of other narrative theorists. Edeet ravel is an israelicanadian novelist born in israel and raised in montreal, quebec, canada. An independent book search and recommendation engine.
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Lily, a young emigrant, falls in love with a man named ami. Ten thousand lovers by edeet ravel question yahoo answers. Ravel is able to take the reader to the exact point of her narration and she pours her heart and soul into the pages of her work. Edeet ravel is the author of a boy is not a bird, a new middle grade novel for kids. As a young adult in the early 1970s, she spent five years in israel and returns regularly to work with a peace group. Ten thousand lovers has made an auspicious debut as a first novel. Edeet ravel s debut novel, ten thousand lovers, is a stunning book, a mustread for anyone who likes a love story and who cares about justice, humanity, and the state of the world.
Lily, a young emigrant student exploring the wonders and terrors of her new land, finds the man of her dreams ami, a former actor. Where conflict permeates life edeet ravels novels explore the mixing of politics with the personal in daily life in israel. A novel paperback september 2, 2003 by edeet ravel author. In this work these main features, their definitions and borders to other term, will be brought into relation with the novel ten thousand lovers by edeet ravel, a canadian female author. As ami and lilys unexpected passion grows, so too does the shadow that hangs over them. Canadian author edeet ravel talks about her new novel. The reader is given a better understanding of israel and a culture that is. She became involved with ari, an army interrogator who has. The narrative structure of ten thousand lovers publish. The time is the late 1990s and lily, an israelicanadian woman living in london, tells how 20 years before she fell in love with ami, an interrogator for israeli. From edeet ravel, internationally acclaimed author of the tel aviv trilogy, comes a deeply personal and emotionally resonant novel about an unexpected friendship, the second novel in montreal author edeet ravel s tel aviv trilogy, look for me, compellingly examines love and tragedy in the midst of war. Ten thousand lovers by edeet ravel is an intriguing story of a forbidden love set in tel aviv, israel. Sep 01, 2003 ten thousand lovers by edeet ravel is an intriguing story of a forbidden love set in tel aviv, israel. An israeli man and a canadian woman find their love tested by his work in the.
Edeet ravel was born and raised on a marxist israeli kibbutz until she was seven and then her parents moved to canada. Writer and educator edeet ravel, a native of israel who lives and works in canada, is the author of lovers. Ten thousand lovers, edeet ravels first novel, is a hybrid of the romance and the bookwithapurpose. Ten thousand lovers paperback october 6, 2003 by edeet ravel author. It is immensely to edeet ravels credit that this novel, far from being a rant, balances deep bitterness with an abiding tenderness for the country she once called home. A long time ago, when i was twenty, i was involved with a man who was an interrogator.
Its by edeet ravel, and its called ten thousand lovers. Ten thousand lovers book by edeet ravel thriftbooks. Book detective an independent book search and recommendation engine. From a very young age edeet knew she would become a writer. The hebrew word for suspicious hashud buzzes through life in israel like an insistent fly that wont leave you alone. See all books authored by edeet ravel, including held, and ten thousand lovers, and more on. Content includes books from bestselling, midlist and debut authors. Edeet ravel has 16 books on goodreads with 9110 ratings. A woman conducts an 11year search for her missing husband only to find him hiding in plain sight. Edeet ravels debut novel, ten thousand lovers, is a stunning book, a must read for anyone who likes a love story and who cares about justice, humanity, and. Republication rights have already been sold in six languages and the american publisher harper is slated to bring out a paperback edition in the united states in september. Oct 06, 2003 ten thousand lovers is an excellent book and i would recommend anyone interested in culture or love or the struggles of life to pick it up.
This followup to ravel s muchadmired ten thousand lovers 2003 strikes many of the same notes as the previous novel, albeit with lesser force and resonance. This site uses cookies to deliver our services, improve performance, for analytics, and if not signed in for advertising. Ten thousand lovers provides everything an excellent novel should. Ten thousand lovers tel aviv trilogy, book 1 by edeet ravel book cover, description, publication history. Ravel was born in 1955 on kibbutz sasa near the lebanese border, where she lived until 1962, when her family moved to montreal. She wrote for many years, completing several unpublished novels before publishing ten thousand lovers, a novel set in israel. But read it also to understand why loveeven transcendent loveis sometimes not enough. I met him on a friday morning while hitchhiking fromjerusalem to tel aviv. Koret jewish book award finalist ten thousand lovers. Ten thousand lovers by edeet ravel and a great selection of related books, art and collectibles available now at. This followup to ravels muchadmired ten thousand lovers 2003 strikes many of the same notes as the previous novel, albeit with lesser force and resonance.
Enter your mobile number or email address below and well send you a link to download the free. Over the course of the book, as their relationship grows, both of them have to deal with the implications of what he does, and how his work fits in to the larger puzzle that is israel. As far as the purpose goes, it may be enough that the author condemns an injustice. Whereas the writer edeet ravel, the author of ten thousand lovers, precisely deconstructs words to get to their root of origin she begins with fearful suspicions.
Edeet ravel a recent immigrant to israel, lily, a young student, finds her life turned upside down when she falls in love with ami, a handsome former actor and israeli army interrogator, as the horrors of his. It could have been called ten thousand dreams, or ten thousand hopes, but ten thousand lovers is best, for this book is at heart a love story. While set in the 70s, ten thousand lovers is a brilliant and terrifyingly contemporary tale of passion, suffering, and the transcending power of love. But read it also to understand why loveeven transcendent loveis sometimes not. As soon as edeet started writing about israel, she became involved in. Montreal resident edeet ravel admits that shes been fairly negligent. Feb 19, 2009 transcending the book s political aspect and going deep into the love story, ten thousand lovers left in the middle of political turmoil just like the couple in the book. Some sections are about young lily, a canadian immigrant to israel, some are about an older lily, now.
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