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Eine Begegnung, die alles infrage stellt ... Zeruya Shalevs großer Roman über Schicksal, Kontrolle, Verantwortung, Illusionen und die Liebe

Atara ist zum zweiten Mal verheiratet, mit ihrer großen Liebe, doch neuerdings scheint Alex sich immer weiter von ihr zu entfernen. Noch größere Sorgen macht ihr der gemeinsame Sohn, ein Elitesoldat, der nach dem letzten Einsatz kaum mehr das Haus verlässt. Vielleicht um ihre Familie besser zu verstehen, vielleicht um ihr zu entkommen, sucht Atara Rachel auf, die erste Frau ihres Vaters, das große Tabu in Ataras Kindheit...

When Judith arrives in a small, rural village in Palestine in the early 1930s, three men compete for her attention: Globerman, the cunning, coarse cattle-dealer who loves women, money, and flesh; Jacob, owner of hundreds of canaries and host to the four meals which lend the book its narrative structure; and Moshe, a widowed farmer obsessed with his dead wife and his lost braid of hair which his mother cut off in childhood. During the four...

This volume explores the importance of the West Bank for Israel's security. The author assumes that a political solution to the West Bank issue will be negotiated between Israel and the Jordanians and Palestinians, and that the talks thereafter will focus on the question of security. He examines various security topics based on the current political agreement, and considers alternative political solutions and the security risks they would entail for Israel. In particular, he analyzes the possible military risks of attacks against Israel, launched from or through the West Bank region if it...

Rome Reborn on Western Shores examines the literature of the Revolutionary era to explore the ways in which American patriots employed the classics and to assess antiquity's importance to the early political culture of the United States. Where other writers have concentrated on political theory and ideology, Shalev demonstrates that classical discourse constituted a distinct mode of historical thought during the era, tracing the role of the classics from roughly 1760 to 1800 and beyond. His analysis shows how the classics provided a critical perspective on the management of the...

This book examines the rise and proliferation of 'Supermaxes', large prisons dedicated to holding prisoners in prolonged and strict solitary confinement, in the United States since the late 1980s.

Drawing on unique access to two Supermax prisons and on in-depth interviews with prison officials, prison architects, current and former prisoners, mental health professionals, penal, legal, and human rights experts, it provides a holistic view of the theory, practice and consequences of these prisons. Given the historic uses of solitary confinement, the book also traces continuities and...