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Meir Shalev was born in 1948 on Nahalal, Israel’s first moshav, and is one of Israel’s most celebrated novelists. His books have been translated into more than twenty languages and have been best sellers in Israel, Holland, and Germany. In 1999 the author was awarded the Juliet Club Prize (Italy). He has also received the Prime Minister’s Prize (Israel), the Chiavari (Italy), the Entomological Prize (Israel), the WIZO Prize (France, Israel, and Italy), and for A Pigeon and a Boy, the Brenner Prize, Israel’s highest literary recognition. A columnist for the Israeli daily Yedioth Ahronoth, Shalev lives in Jerusalem and in... Read More
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A Pigeon and a Boy
A Novel
Written by Meir Shalev
Format: Trade Paperback, 320 pages
Publisher: Schocken
On Sale: January 6, 2009
Price: $14.95
From the internationally acclaimed Israeli writer Meir Shalev comes a mesmerizing novel of two love stories, separated by half a century but connected by one enchanting act of devotion.
During the 1948 War of Independence—a time when pigeons are still used to deliver battlefield messages—a gifted young pigeon handler is mortally wounded... Read more >
A Novel
Written by Meir Shalev
Format: Trade Paperback, 320 pages
Publisher: Schocken
On Sale: January 6, 2009
Price: $14.95
From the internationally acclaimed Israeli writer Meir Shalev comes a mesmerizing novel of two love stories, separated by half a century but connected by one enchanting act of devotion.
During the 1948 War of Independence—a time when pigeons are still used to deliver battlefield messages—a gifted young pigeon handler is mortally wounded... Read more >
A Pigeon and a Boy
A Novel
Written by Meir Shalev
Format: eBook
Publisher: Schocken
On Sale: January 6, 2009
Price: $14.95
Read more >
A Novel
Written by Meir Shalev
Format: eBook
Publisher: Schocken
On Sale: January 6, 2009
Price: $14.95
Read more >
