הביתה

A group of young Jews turns its back on family, mother tongue and Russia to found a kibbutz in Palestine, hoping that a life without private households, personal space or belongings will make a juster community. Through seven central figures, with their romances, feuds, kindness, harshness and occasional foolishness, the book tracks the commune from its first days through the slow fractures to its final breakdown. A few founders are spared seeing the dream fail; others have lived on to witness it. Drawing on a painstaking reconstruction of real events, it mixes fiction with documentary material.

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About the book

Form

Novel

Length

276 pages in the original

Genres

Historical, Politics (assigned by AI)

Set in

Israel

First published

2009 by Yedioth Ahronoth

Author's age

41 when first published

ISBN

9789654825931 (original)

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