A Pigeon and a Boy by Meir Shalev

A Pigeon and a Boy by Meir Shalev

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.

MEIR SHALEV, a.k.a. MEIR SHALEV, was born in the 1948) is one of Israel's most famous authors. He being the author of six novels, the most recent of which is A Pigeon and a Boy, as well as five nonfiction works, which have been translated into over 20 languages. Shalev, a journalist for the Israeli newspaper Yediot Ahronot, lives with his wife and children in Jerusalem and the north of Israel. He has won Israel's top literary award, the Brenner Prize, as well as the National Jewish Book Award for Fiction and numerous other international awards. This is an excerpt from the Hardcover edition.

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ISBN 13	9780805212143
ISBN 10	0805212140
Title	A Pigeon and a Boy
Author	Meir Shalev
Condition	Unavailable
Binding Type	Paperback
Publisher	Schocken Books
Year published	2009-01-06
Number of pages	320
Prizes	Winner of National Jewish Book Awards 2007
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