This 1949 novella about the violent expulsion of Palestinian
villagers by the Israeli army has long been considered a modern
Hebrew masterpiece, and it has also given rise to fierce
controversy over the years. Published just months after the end of
the 1948 Arab-Israeli War, Khirbet Khizeh (the 'kh' pronounced like
the 'ch' in 'Bach') was an immediate sensation when it first
appeared. Thousands of Israeli Jews rushed to read it, the critics
began to argue about it, and a Palestinian journalist in Nablus
described it as a sign that the Israeli army had a conscience and
that peace was possible. Since then, the book has continued to
challenge and disturb. The various debates it has prompted would
themselves make Khirbet Khizeh worth reading, but the novella is
much more than a vital historical document: it is also a great work
of art. Yizhar's haunting, lyrical style and charged registration
of the landscape are in many ways as startling as his wrenchingly
honest view of one of Israel's defining moments. Despite its
international reputation, this is the first UK publication of
Khirbet Khizeh.
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