The Blue Mountain
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The Blue Mountain is the English name of the first Novel of the Israel
i author, Meir Shalev
.
Called Roman Russi in Hebrew (literally "Russian Novel"), the original was published in 1988 and became a best-seller. It was translated to English in 1991, by Hillel Halkin
.
The narrative is told by a fictional character, Baruch Shenkar, who has lived with his grandfather in a moshav
in the Jezreel Valley
, since losing his parents at a young age. His grandfather, a Russian immigrant, was one of the founding fathers of the moshav.
In his 40s, after leaving the moshav, Baruch tells the story of his family history, and the history of the moshav, from its establishment during the Second Aliya and up to the older generation of the settlers, in the post-state of Israel years. The novel describes the historical and geographical background of the Jezreel Valley in those years.
Israel
The State of Israel is a parliamentary republic located in the Middle East, along the eastern shore of the Mediterranean Sea...
i author, Meir Shalev
Meir Shalev
Meir Shalev is an Israeli writer. He is the son of the Jerusalemite poet Yitzchak Shalev. His cousin Zeruya Shalev is also a writer.- Biography :...
.
Called Roman Russi in Hebrew (literally "Russian Novel"), the original was published in 1988 and became a best-seller. It was translated to English in 1991, by Hillel Halkin
Hillel Halkin
Hillel Halkin is the author of several books, including the New York Times bestselling Letters to an American-Jewish Friend: A Zionist Polemic and Across the Sabbath River: In Search of a Lost Tribe of Israel. He is a prominent translator of Hebrew and Yiddish Literature into English, including...
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The narrative is told by a fictional character, Baruch Shenkar, who has lived with his grandfather in a moshav
Moshav
Moshav is a type of Israeli town or settlement, in particular a type of cooperative agricultural community of individual farms pioneered by the Labour Zionists during the second aliyah...
in the Jezreel Valley
Jezreel Valley
-Etymology:The Jezreel Valley takes its name from the ancient city of Jezreel which was located on a low hill overlooking the southern edge of the valley, though some scholars think that the name of the city originates from the name of the clan which founded it, and whose existence is mentioned in...
, since losing his parents at a young age. His grandfather, a Russian immigrant, was one of the founding fathers of the moshav.
In his 40s, after leaving the moshav, Baruch tells the story of his family history, and the history of the moshav, from its establishment during the Second Aliya and up to the older generation of the settlers, in the post-state of Israel years. The novel describes the historical and geographical background of the Jezreel Valley in those years.