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A Palestine Affair
by Jonathan Wilson
ISBN: 0375422099
ISBN-13: 9780375422096
Format: Hardcover
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Summary
Set in Palestine in the early 1920s, Jonathan Wilson's second novel is about three characters whose fates interlock in a devastating counterpoint to the tense political situation there. Robert Kirsch is a British Jew working for the Palestinians as a police detective. Mark Bloomberg is a failed (and depressed) London painter hired to paint the Zionist settlements in Palestine, who is alienated from his non-Jewish wife Joyce, an American interested in the Zionist cause. When a local journalist is murdered, the stories of all concerned converge, and each is forced to seek a kind of redemption in an unexpected place. A New York Times Notable Book for 2003.
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"Wilson has devised a story that tautens the sinuous strands of this period into a lethal knot. The strengths of his novel are the tension and pace of its plot....[The] resolutions suffer from glibness. Sentences claim more than they accomplish....The author tries his lusty best in the sex scenes, but it is like watching someone address a Big Mac with a silver knife and fork....Most important..., the prenatal injuries that will come to mark the state of Israel's birth and later life are convincingly dramatized." -- Richard Eder
-- New York Times Book Review
"Like the best of historical fiction, Wilson's story is placed in an imagined past, but it is really happening right now." -- Gershom Gorenberg
-- Washington Post Book World
Bibliographic Details
Publisher: Random House Inc
Published date: 2003
Edition: 1th edition
Size: 6.5 x 9.5 inches
Weight: 1.1 pounds
Pages: 257
Publisher's Notes
This swift and sensual novel of passion and politics transports us to British Palestine, where the Arabs, the British, and the Jews mingle in a scene of colonial excess and unease. It is 1924, and Mark Bloomberg, a disillusioned London painter, arrives in Jerusalem to take up a propaganda commission. When he and his American wife, Joyce, accidentally witness the murder of a prominent Orthodox Jew near their cottage, they become embroiled in an investigation that will test their marriage and their characters. Joyce, an ardent Zionist, is pulled into an affair with Robert Kirsch, the British policeman investigating the case, while Bloomberg, transfixed by the desert light, attempts to capture on canvas the complex, shifting truths of the region.
Like Kirsch, whose brother was killed in France in 1918, all of the characters here have come to Palestine to escape the grief of the First World War, and are forced to confront their principles and their hearts in the midst of a culture in the throes of painful emergence.
Lushly detailed and compellingly cinematic, A Palestine Affair illuminates a lesser-known aspect of the history of the Middle East as it tells a powerful story in which love proves to be, ultimately, a force as strong as politics.
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Wilson, Jonathan
New York: Pantheon Books, 2003. 262 pages, . ISBN: 0375422099. First Edition. Hardcover. As New/As New. 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall. Chapter Book. Wilson, Jonathan; novel; Zionists - Fiction; Arab - Jew Relations Fiction. ( more information)
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A Palestine Affair
Jonathan Wilson
New York, New York, U.S.A.: Pantheon Books, 2003 257 pages plus About the Author. Pale brown hard covers with gold lettering show no wear inside or out; SIGNED BY THE AUTHOR on the title page. Brown pictorial dust jacket with black and white lettering shows no obvious signs of wear; now protected by mylar. This novel of British Palestine tells the complicated story of politics, love, art, and crime through the story of several men and women whose lives intersect, sometimes lovingly and sometimes violently; often passionatelyl.. Signed by Author. First Edition First Printing. Hard Cover. Fine/Fine. 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall. ( more information)
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Wilson, Jonathan
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New York, New York, U.S.A.: Pantheon Books, 2003. Pantheon Books, New York, 2003. Signed by author on title page (flat-signed, meaning that the author's signature is present, but not an inscription to any person). Stated 1st edition/1st printing. Book is in Very Good condition: boards have light edge wear; binding is tight, and the pages are clean and bright. Dust jacket is in Very Good condition: chip at the bottom of the fold at the front flap; light rubbing; not price-clipped; sticker on front saying "autographed copy". From the dust jacket: "This swift and sensual novel of passion and politics transports us to British Palestine, where the Arabs, the British, and the Jews mingle in a scene of colonial excess and unease. It is 1924, and Mark Bloomberg, a disillusioned London painter, arrives in Jerusalem to take up a propaganda commission. When he and his American wife, Joyce, accidentally witness the murder of a prominent Orthodox Jew near their cottage, they become embroiled in an investigation that will test their marriage and their characters. Joyce, an ardent Zionist, is pulled into an affair with Robert Kirsch, the British policeman investigating the case, while Bloomberg, transfixed by the desert light, attempts to capture on canvas the complex, shifting truths of the region. Like Kirsch, whose brother was killed in France in 1918, all of the characters here have come to Palestine to escape the grief of the First World War, and are forced to confront their principles and their hearts in the midst of a culture in the throes of painful emergence. Lushly detailed and compellingly cinematic, A Palestine Affair illuminates a lesser-known aspect of the history of the Middle East as it tells a powerful story in which love proves to be, ultimately, a force as strong as politics". Signed by Author. Stated 1st Edition/1st Printing. Hard Copy. Very Good/Very Good. 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall. ( more information)
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Wilson, Jonathan
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New York, New York, U.S.A.: Pantheon Books, 2003 Signed by author directly onto title page, with no inscription. A novel set in British Palestine in 1924. VG+ (Fine except for bump on top edge of rear board) in Near Fine dj. . Signed by Author. First Edition. Hard Cover. Very Good+/Near Fine. ( more information)
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A Palestine Affair
Wilson, Jonathan
New York, New York, U.S.A.: Pantheon Books, 2003. This hard cover First US Edition First Printing is As New in an As New dustjacket. ***SIGNED BY AUTHOR***. Signed by Author. First American Edition. As New/As New. ( more information)
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