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A Pigeon and a Boy

By Meir Shalev

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A Pigeon and a Boy

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A mesmerizing novel of two love stories, separated by half a century but connected by one enchanting act of devotion-from the internationally acclaimed Israeli writer Meir Shalev. During the 1948 War of Independence-a time when pigeons are still used to deliver battlefield messages-a gifted young pigeon handler is mortally wounded. In the moments before his death, he dispatches one last pigeon. The bird is carrying his extraordinary gift to the girl he has loved since adolescence. Intertwined with this story is the contemporary tale of Yair Mendelsohn, who has his own legacy from the 1948 war. Yair is a tour guide specializing in bird-watching trips who, in middle age, falls in love again with a childhood girlfriend. His growing passion for her, along with a gift from his mother on her deathbed, becomes the key to a life he thought no longer possible. Unforgettable in both its particulars and its sweep, A Pigeon and A Boy is a tale of lovers then and now-of how deeply we love, of what home is, and why we, like pigeons trained to fly in one direction only, must eventually return to it. In a voice that is at once playful, wise, and altogether beguiling, Meir Shalev tells a story as universal as war and as intimate as a winged declaration of love.
Product details
Binding:
Paperback
Number of Pages:
322
Release Date:
2009-01-06
Publication Date:
2009-01-06
Publisher:
Knopf Doubleday Publishing Group
Languages:
Original: English
ISBN10:
0805212140
ISBN13:
9780805212143
Weight:
404 g
Height:
132 cm
Width:
203 cm
Thickness:
20 cm

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