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How To Understand Israel In 60 Days Or Less (2010)

by Sarah Glidden(Favorite Author)

3.67 of 5 Votes: 2

ISBN

1401222331 (ISBN13: 9781401222338)

languge

English

genre

Memoir & Autobiography

publisher

Vertigo

review 1: I'm glad I read this one so close to Pekar's Not the Israel My Parents Promised Me. Both are similar in that they're thoughtful considerations of the state of Israel and each author's (Jewish American) relationship to it. Pekar's is more overtly historical and expository, similar in nature to some of his other books. Glidden's approach sharply differs from Perkar's in at least two ways. First, How to Understand Israel in 60 Days or Less is more of a story. Glidden recounts her birthright trip experiences, so the book is more of a narrative. (Not the Israel is more of a political statement than it is a story.) Also, Glidden writes from an "on the ground" perspective. She actually visited Israel and informs or tests her attitudes toward the Jewish state from that context. Ad... moremittedly, Pekar never visited Israel and so speaks as an outsider. This doesn't take anything away from Not the Israel My Parents Promised Me or from Pekar's opinions and arguments. But Glidden comes to her assessment from an entirely different angle. Plus, it ends ambiguously, which I very much appreciate.
review 2: Anch'io sono andata in Israele, ma non per il Taglit. Anch'io ho avuto la segnalazione sul passaporto con apposito adesivo. Anch'io sono stata considerata tipo Donna Avventura per essermi girata il paese in auto, deserto compreso. Ma parliamo di Sarah Glidden, va. Quest'autrice americana di origini ebraiche ci presenta la versione disegnata di uno dei paesi più ambigui del mondo e s'interroga, come ho fatto io, se si possa amare Israele e la cultura ebraica, ma rifiutare (ed incazzarsi per) il sionismo. Consiglio questo fumetto a chi vuol capire Israele: non ci capirà niente, come faceva prima, ma comunque imparerà tante cose sulla"terra santa". less

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