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...

Wenn einen fnfzig Finger, zehn Augen und fnf scharfzngige Mnder mit ihrer Liebe verfolgen, hat Mann wirklich Grund, in die Wste zu fliehen. Und seis nur, um mit dem Pick-up die staubigen Pisten entlangzufahren, Wasserrhren zu kontrollieren und verstopfte Ventile zu erneuern oder mit dem einzigen Freund und Kollegen, dem Zauberer Vaknin, mal ein paar Worte zu wechseln.

A woman with three loves and a son with three fathers: this universal story of passion and personal destiny could only have been written by the delightfully inventive author of "A Pigeon and a Boy."