{"product_id":"war-lives-revenge-grief-and-conflict-in-israeli-fiction-9780815637981","title":"War Lives: Revenge, Grief, and Conflict in Israeli Fiction","description":"\u003cp\u003eSince the nation's founding, Israel has existed in a state of near perpetual warfare. Despite this, Hebrew novels that deal with the experience of contemporary conflict are surprisingly rare. In \u003ci\u003eWar Lives, \u003c\/i\u003e Nitza Ben-Dov argues that Israeli writers employ the freedoms granted by fiction to challenge the heroic myth of war. She suggests that these writers do so not only by turning inwards, towards the home front and the psyches of individuals marked by post-trauma, but also by unsettling the relationship between historical fact and fiction, between purported reliability and representation. \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eThrough close readings of a range of novels by authors such as S. Y. Agnon, Yehuda Amichai, and Amos Oz, Ben-Dov foregrounds war as a coordinate from which Israeli novels are driven and to which they return in equal measure. While each chapter focuses on a different theme--from mourning to battleground camaraderie to vengeance--Ben-Dov's literary analyses demonstrate how these canonical works afford an in-depth view of the symbiosis between civilian and military life, the comorbidity of life living under the constant threat of war.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eAuthor:\u003c\/b\u003e Nitza Ben-Dov\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eBinding Type:\u003c\/b\u003e Paperback\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublisher:\u003c\/b\u003e Syracuse University Press\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublished:\u003c\/b\u003e 11\/15\/2024\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eSeries:\u003c\/b\u003e Judaic Traditions in Literature, Music, and Art\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePages:\u003c\/b\u003e 408\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eWeight:\u003c\/b\u003e 1.23lbs\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eSize:\u003c\/b\u003e 8.97h x 6.09w x 0.92d\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN:\u003c\/b\u003e 9780815637981","brand":"Syracuse University Press","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":43232570409097,"sku":"9780815637981","price":39.95,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0636\/9240\/6921\/files\/img_2089b107-265b-4f0a-82fc-0081647fc2ca.jpg?v=1735032383","url":"https:\/\/sonsanddaughtersbooks.com\/products\/war-lives-revenge-grief-and-conflict-in-israeli-fiction-9780815637981","provider":"Sons and Daughters Books","version":"1.0","type":"link"}