{"product_id":"all-the-rivers-hardcover","title":"All the Rivers - Hardcover","description":"\u003cp\u003eby \u003cb\u003eDorit Rabinyan\u003c\/b\u003e (Author), \u003cb\u003eJessica Cohen\u003c\/b\u003e (Translator)\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eA controversial, award-winning story about the passionate but untenable affair between an Israeli woman and a Palestinian man, from one of Israel's most acclaimed novelists\u003c\/b\u003e \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e When Liat meets Hilmi on a blustery autumn afternoon in Greenwich Village, she finds herself unwillingly drawn to him. Charismatic and handsome, Hilmi is a talented young artist from Palestine. Liat, an aspiring translation student, plans to return to Israel the following summer. Despite knowing that their love can be only temporary, that it can exist only away from their conflicted homeland, Liat lets herself be enraptured by Hilmi: by his lively imagination, by his beautiful hands and wise eyes, by his sweetness and devotion. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e Together they explore the city, sharing laughs and fantasies and pangs of homesickness. But the unfettered joy they awaken in each other cannot overcome the guilt Liat feels for hiding him from her family in Israel and her Jewish friends in New York. As her departure date looms and her love for Hilmi deepens, Liat must decide whether she is willing to risk alienating her family, her community, and her sense of self for the love of one man. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e Banned from classrooms by Israel's Ministry of Education, Dorit Rabinyan's remarkable novel contains multitudes. A bold portrayal of the strains--and delights--of a forbidden relationship, \u003ci\u003eAll the Rivers \u003c\/i\u003e(published\u003ci\u003e \u003c\/i\u003ein Israel as \u003ci\u003eBorderlife\u003c\/i\u003e) is a love story and a war story, a New York story and a Middle East story, an unflinching foray into the forces that bind us and divide us. \"The land is the same land,\" Hilmi reminds Liat. \"In the end all the rivers flow into the same sea.\" \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cb\u003ePraise for \u003ci\u003eAll the Rivers\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\"Rabinyan's book is a sort of Romeo and Juliet, a forbidden love affair between a Jewish girl from Tel Aviv and a Palestinian boy from Hebron. . . .  A] beautiful novel.\"\u003cb\u003e--\u003ci\u003eThe Guardian \u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\"A fine, subtle, and disturbing study of the ways in which public events encroach upon the private lives of those who attempt to live and love in peace with each other, and, impossibly, with a riven and irreconcilable world.\"\u003cb\u003e--John Banville, Man Booker Prize-winning author of \u003ci\u003eThe Sea\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \"I'm with Dorit Rabinyan. Love, not hate, will save us. Hatred sows hatred, but love can break down barriers.\"\u003cb\u003e--Svetlana Alexievich, winner of the Nobel Prize for Literature\u003c\/b\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\"Astonishing . . .  a] precise and elegant love story, drawn with the finest of lines.\"\u003cb\u003e--Amos Oz\u003c\/b\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \"Rabinyan's writing reflects the honesty and modesty of a true artisan.\"\u003cb\u003e--\u003ci\u003eHaaretz\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \"Because the novel strikes the right balance between the personal and the political, and because of her ability to tell a suspenseful and satisfying story, we decided to award Dorit Rabinyan's  \u003ci\u003eAll the Rivers\u003c\/i\u003e] the 2015 Bernstein Prize.\"\u003cb\u003e--From the 2015 Bernstein Prize judges' decision\u003c\/b\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \" \u003ci\u003eAll the Rivers\u003c\/i\u003e] ought to be read like J. M. Coetzee or Toni Morrison--from a distance in order to get close.\"\u003cb\u003e--\u003ci\u003eWalla \u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \"Beautiful and sensitive . . . a human tale of rapprochement and separation . . . a noteworthy human and literary achievement.\"\u003cb\u003e--\u003ci\u003eMakor Rishon \u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \"A captivating (and heartbreaking) gem, written in a spectacular style, with a rich, flowing, colorful and addictive language.\"\u003cb\u003e--\u003ci\u003eMotke\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \"A great novel of love and peace.\"\u003cb\u003e\u003ci\u003e--La Stampa\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \"A novel that truly speaks to the heart.\"\u003cb\u003e\u003ci\u003e--Corriere della Sera\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\u003ch3\u003eAuthor Biography\u003c\/h3\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eDorit Rabinyan\u003c\/b\u003e is the bestselling author of the acclaimed \u003ci\u003ePersian Brides\u003c\/i\u003e and \u003ci\u003eStrand of a Thousand Pearls\u003c\/i\u003e. She is the recipient of the Itzhak Vinner Prize, the Prime Minister's Prize, an ACUM award, and the Jewish Quarterly-Wingate Prize. \u003ci\u003eAll the Rivers, \u003c\/i\u003eoriginally published as\u003ci\u003e Borderlife\u003c\/i\u003e, was named as a book of the year by \u003ci\u003eHaaretz\u003c\/i\u003e and awarded the prestigious Bernstein Prize. In January 2016 it became the center of a political scandal in Israel when the Ministry of Education banned the book from the high school curriculum. \u003ci\u003eAll the Rivers\u003c\/i\u003e has been translated into seventeen languages.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eNumber of Pages:\u003c\/strong\u003e 288\u003c\/div\u003e\u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eDimensions:\u003c\/strong\u003e 1.1 x 9.4 x 6.4 IN\u003c\/div\u003e\u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003ePublication Date:\u003c\/strong\u003e April 25, 2017\u003c\/div\u003e","brand":"Books by splitShops","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":42695971012671,"sku":"9780375508295","price":32.4,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":false}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0105\/8226\/1823\/files\/a50c860217267c8cb2ee36e4fa5f2923.webp?v=1765005737","url":"https:\/\/dhlswag.com\/products\/all-the-rivers-hardcover","provider":"BBB","version":"1.0","type":"link"}