About this ebook
This #1 New York Times–bestselling saga traces Israel’s earliest days and the people who fought to make it their home
The Exodus was just one ship among many that carried survivors of the Holocaust to Palestine to establish a new nation. But the path that Jewish immigrants took to enter British-controlled Palestine was a difficult one, fraught with danger and political intrigue. The boat was intercepted by British forces and the refugees were placed in concentration camps.
Uris’s blockbuster novel traces the lives of the men and women who brave British naval blockades to help Israel come into being, from Ari Ben Canaan, who works tirelessly to smuggle in settlers, to Kitty Fremont, an American nurse drawn into a vast, tragic history. Weaving together fact and fiction, history and dramatic storylines, Exodus stands today as one of the most influential narratives of the founding of the State of Israel.
A #1 New York Times bestseller for nineteen months, Exodus was made into an Academy Award–winning film. It is as essential to understanding the state of Israel today as when it was first published.
This ebook features an illustrated biography of Leon Uris including rare photos from the author’s estate.
The Exodus was just one ship among many that carried survivors of the Holocaust to Palestine to establish a new nation. But the path that Jewish immigrants took to enter British-controlled Palestine was a difficult one, fraught with danger and political intrigue. The boat was intercepted by British forces and the refugees were placed in concentration camps.
Uris’s blockbuster novel traces the lives of the men and women who brave British naval blockades to help Israel come into being, from Ari Ben Canaan, who works tirelessly to smuggle in settlers, to Kitty Fremont, an American nurse drawn into a vast, tragic history. Weaving together fact and fiction, history and dramatic storylines, Exodus stands today as one of the most influential narratives of the founding of the State of Israel.
A #1 New York Times bestseller for nineteen months, Exodus was made into an Academy Award–winning film. It is as essential to understanding the state of Israel today as when it was first published.
This ebook features an illustrated biography of Leon Uris including rare photos from the author’s estate.
Ratings and reviews
4.0
71 reviews
Manjunath Shevgoor
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April 5, 2015
Whether you agree with current day events or not, this book talks about all the events that led to the birth of Israel and will shed some light on what things looked like during that time. I would've rated it 5 stars, but Leon Iris is very biased in his writing and this book paints an incomplete picture. The book is very black and white and makes sure that the readers loyalties lie with that of the author. No mention is made of the people who were displaced from their homes in Palestine.
A Google user
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September 28, 2012
If you're interested in reading about "stupid", and "stench filled arabs", if you're interested in a book with a main Jewish character threatening to blow up Jewish children because he doesn't have any other "weapons" to use, then by all means - slake your thirst for Jewish chauvinism by reading this polemic.
Michael Bruncati
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March 15, 2015
As the title indicates, this book has piqued my interest regarding the birth of Israel. I found the characters to be flat and two dimensional. This may be due the time in which it was published. If it wasn't for the history, I wouldn't have bothered to read it.
About the author
Leon Uris (1924–2003) was an author of fiction, nonfiction, and screenplays whose works include numerous best-selling novels. His epic Exodus (1958) has been translated into over fifty languages. Uris’s work is notable for its focus on dramatic moments in contemporary history, including World War II and its aftermath, the birth of modern Israel, and the Cold War. Through the massive success of his novels and his skill as a storyteller, Uris has had enormous influence on popular understanding of twentieth-century history.
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