
Exodus
A Novel of Israel
Leon Uris(Author)
Bantam Books (Publisher)
Will be published approx. on 1. October 1983
Book
Paperback/Softback
608 pages
978-0-553-25847-9 (ISBN)
Description
"Passionate summary of the inhuman treatment of the Jewish people in Europe, of the exodus in the nineteenth and twentieth centuries to Palestine, and of the triumphant founding of the new Israel."-The New York Times
Exodus is an international publishing phenomenon-the towering novel of the twentieth century's most dramatic geopolitical event. Leon Uris magnificently portrays the birth of a new nation in the midst of enemies-the beginning of an earthshaking struggle for power. Here is the tale that swept the world with its fury: the story of an American nurse, an Israeli freedom fighter caught up in a glorious, heartbreaking, triumphant era. Here is Exodus-one of the great bestselling novels of all time.
Exodus is an international publishing phenomenon-the towering novel of the twentieth century's most dramatic geopolitical event. Leon Uris magnificently portrays the birth of a new nation in the midst of enemies-the beginning of an earthshaking struggle for power. Here is the tale that swept the world with its fury: the story of an American nurse, an Israeli freedom fighter caught up in a glorious, heartbreaking, triumphant era. Here is Exodus-one of the great bestselling novels of all time.
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Edition
New ed
Language
English
Place of publication
New York
United States
Publishing group
Bantam Doubleday Dell Publishing Group Inc
Product notice
Paperback (mass)
Dimensions
Height: 172 mm
Width: 106 mm
Thickness: 25 mm
Weight
285 gr
ISBN-13
978-0-553-25847-9 (9780553258479)
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Person
An internationally acclaimed novelist for over 30 years, Leon Uris was the author of Battle Cry, The Angry Hills, Exodus, Mila 18, Armageddon, Topas QB VII, Trinity, The Haj, Mitla Pass, and Redemption, and two highly praised works of nonfiction in collaboration with his wife, Ireland: A Terrible Beauty and Jerusalem: Song of Songs. He lived in Aspen, Colorado, with his wife, photographer Jill Uris, and their two children. He died in 2003.