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Ot me-Avshalom (hebräisch אות מאבשלום, dt.: Ein Brief von Avshalom oder Ein Zeichen von Avshalom) ist ein Roman der Israeli author Nava Macmel-Atir published by Yediot Books in 2009. The book quickly became a best-seller, and Macmel-Atir received the Golden Book award for selling 20,000 copies in just three months after its release.[1] Half a year after its publication, "Ot me-Avshalom" received the Platinum Book award from the Book Publishers Association of Israel for selling 40,000 copies.[2] In June 2015, "Ot me-Avshalom" received the "Diamond Book" commemoration for selling 100,000 copies.[3]
Plot
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Eine junge Graphologin (Alma Bach) embarks on the trail of a man whose handwriting was sent to her for analysis. She discovers characteristics such as sharp wit, high degree of general knowledge, and courage. She discovers a passionate man with a highly developed imagination, linguistic style, and the sensitivity of an artist, a man endowed with a magnetic personality who draws people to him while at the same time secluding himself and keeping a secret, but mainly a man who is capable of loving at great magnitudes and who is willing to sacrifice for his love, for his love of the land, for his love of a woman, and eventually pay the ultimate price therefor. Alma is determined to meet this man face-to-face.[4]
The story essentially moves back and forth between two time periods, the first of which takes place in modern-day Israel, where Alma undergoes her journey to discover the man whom she is looking for. The second lays out a biographical depiction of the life of Avshalom Feinberg, founder and leader of the Nili spy ring, which starts in late 19th-century Palestine and continues into the early part of the 20th century.[4]
Awards
[Bearbeiten | Quelltext bearbeiten]- Golden Book Commemoration – Book Publishers Association of Israel – September 2009[1]
- Platinum Book Commemoration – Book Publishers Association of Israel – January 2010[2]
- Diamond Book Commemoration – Book Publishers Association of Israel – June 2015[3]
Weblinks
[Bearbeiten | Quelltext bearbeiten]- Nava Macmel-Atir Official Website (Hebrew)
- Ot me-Avshalom at the Israeli Hebrew Authors Union (Hebrew)
- Yoav Itayel: אות מאבשלום: אבשלום עדיין גר כאן. Magazin HaMoshavot, 21. August 2009, abgerufen am 15. August 2015 (hebräisch).
- Doron Koren: אות הצטיינות. Ynet, 29. November 2009, abgerufen am 15. August 2015 (hebräisch).
- Tal Schneider: 48 נאוה מקמל עתיר (series on top influential women). Globes, 9. Januar 2010, abgerufen am 15. August 2015 (hebräisch).
Einzelnachweise
[Bearbeiten | Quelltext bearbeiten]- ↑ a b Yoav Itayel: אות זהב לאות מאבשלום. Magazin HaMoshavot, 19. September 2009, abgerufen am 15. August 2015 (hebräisch).
- ↑ a b רשימת הזוכים ב"ספר הפלטינה". Book Publishers Association of Israel, Januar 2010, abgerufen am 15. August 2015 (hebräisch).
- ↑ a b Gali Markovitch Slutzker: המבצעים חוזרים, גם הירידים: שבוע הספר העברי ה-54 נפתח היום. Maariv, Juni 2015, abgerufen am 18. August 2015 (hebräisch).
- ↑ a b Nava Macmel-Atir: אות מאבשלום. Yediot Books, Israel 2009, ISBN 978-965-482-889-5 (hebräisch, ybook.co.il [abgerufen am 15. August 2015]).
Kategorie:Books by Nava Macmel-Atir Kategorie:2009 novels Kategorie:Books about Israel Kategorie:Biographies (books) Kategorie:Biographical novels Kategorie:Novels about rebels Kategorie:History books about Israel Kategorie:Novels set in Israel Kategorie:21st-century Israeli novels Kategorie:Israeli biographies Kategorie:Spy novels Kategorie:Novels set in Ottoman Syria