Todos Los Rios del Mundo / All the Rivers (Paperback)

from Nuigurumi

Liat ist Israelin, Chilmi ist Palästinenser. Sie lernen sich in New York kennen und verlieben sich ineinander. Chilmi lebt schon länger als Maler in den USA, aber Liat hat ein Stipendium und der Termin für ihren Rückflug steht fest. Von Anfang an wissen die beiden, dass ihnen nur sechs Monate zus...

from RidgewayGirl

All the Rivers is the title given to the English translation of a novel by Israeli author Dorit Rabinyan which was banned from Israeli schools. It's the story of a relationship that forms between an Israeli translator working in New York on a temporary basis and a Palestinian artist. The story is...

from bayleaf

A year after 9/11 Liat, an Israeli translator, and Hilmi, a Palestinian artist, meet in NYC and immediately fall deeply and tragically in love. What follows is a chronicle not only of their story, but one of far wider scope, the political divide between Israel and Palestine. I was reminded of an...

from GrandmaCootie

All the Rivers: A Novel by Dorit Rabinyan is a very powerful story, but also very hard to relate to or understand, and very eye-opening, if you are a Midwestern America, like me. Liat and Hilmi seem to be irresistibly drawn to each other, but at least in Liat's case, very reluctantly. Is it all a...

from ashergabbay

The new book by Israeli author Dorit Rabinyan, "Boderlife" (original Hebrew title "גדר חיה"), became a bestseller in Israel almost instantly. But not thanks to Rabinyan's reputation or to good reviews. The novel catapulted to the top of the bestseller lists because the Ministry of Education banne...