Khirbet Khizeh, Paperback / softback Book

Khirbet Khizeh Paperback / softback

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'Luminous' Ian McEwan'Astonishing' Economist'Mesmerising and prophetic' Arifa Akbar, IndependentIt's 1948 and the villagers of Khirbet Khizeh are about to be violently expelled from their homes.

A young Israeli soldier who is on duty that day finds himself battling on two fronts: with the villagers and, ultimately, with his own conscience. Haunting and heartbreaking, Khirbet Khizeh, now considered a modern Hebrew masterpiece, offers a wrenchingly honest view of one of Israel's defining moments. 'So incendiary and eloquent that one has to put it down every few pages...

How often can you say of a harrowing, unquiet book that it makes you wrestle with your soul?' The Times

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