Novel: Clean Death in Tel Aviv
ISBN: 0-595-27062-X
Available for purchase from www.amazon.com
(as well as from other publishers and by phone order, see details below).
Clean
Death in Tel Aviv recreates the repressed dramas of Ruth Levin and of a
generation of Zionist pioneers who sought to found an earthly utopia in
Ruth Levin—a
soldier and intellectual, liberated and puritanical, masculine and feminine,
craving for life and living in the shadow of death—experiences
the unbearable personal and collective anguish of the New Jewish Woman.
Blending mythology, poetry and a
contemplative passion for self-knowledge, the heroics, tragedies and yearnings
of the Zionist saga are exposed through one woman’s desperate narrative—culminating in her dissolution, reflecting the realities
that displaced utopian hopes.
“The author analyzes herself and us with razor-sharp perspicacity,
peering into the very essence of a woman’s soul. The book offers a daring and courageous
retrospective panorama.” —Dimui, Journal of Literature, Art and Criticism
“Using an inner monologue to examine the dark sides of
one’s
soul, Elboim-Dror examines in her novel the selfhood of her tragic heroine,
exploring deeply internal and external realities without retreating, posing a
challenge to her readers.” —Iton 77, Literary Monthly
“Ideological debates clashing with stubborn and difficult
realities, the landscape, the colors and smells of the ancient virgin land, the
social and family tribulations, suspicions and cooperation, fears and loves,
resourcefulness and sacrifices and the naked raw sexuality.” —Hadoar,
Hebrew bi-weekly,
The book
is available from: Ingram Book Group, Baker &Taylor and from the
publisher: iUniverse, Inc.,
www.amazon.com www.barnes&noble.com www.iuniverse.com (which enables you to read the first few
chapters directly of the www page); or by e-mail: custservirce@iuniverse.com or by ordering via the phone,
About the author: Rachel Elboim-Dror is a Professor at the Hebrew
University of Jerusalem. She grew up in a pioneering settlement, served as an
officer in the Israeli army, and received her doctorate from
To Professor Rachel Elboim-Dror's
home page
E-mail: msred@mscc.huji.ac.il