Where the Desert Meets the Sea -

Werner Sonne

AmazonCrossing

2019

256 páginas

8h 32m

ISBN-10: 1542043905

Jerusalem, 1947: Judith, a young Jewish survivor of the Dachau concentration camp, arrives in Mandatory Palestine, seeking refuge with her only remaining relative, her uncle. When she learns that he has died, she tries to take her own life in despair.

After awakening in the hospital, Judith learns that Hana, a Muslim Arab nurse, has saved her life by donating her own blood. While the two women develop a fragile bond, each can’t help but be drawn deeper into the political machinations tearing the country apart. After witnessing the repeated attacks inflicted on the Jews, Judith makes the life-changing decision to join the Zionist fight for Jerusalem. And Hana’s star-crossed love for Dr. David Cohen, an American Jew out of his element and working only to save lives, will put her own life in danger.

Then the political situation worsens. When tensions erupt, a shocking act of violence threatens Judith and Hana’s friendship—and the destinies of everyone they love.

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Uma ficção histórica com bastante ação, mas pouca perspectiva histórica. O autor tentou não tomar lados, mas o faz implicitamente em várias passagens, na forma que as discussões dos personagens tomam, no destino de uns, na falta de destino de outros... A história acabou ficando rasa, mesmo para uma novela.