Bethlehem
Autor Nicholas Blincoeen Limba Engleză Paperback – 31 oct 2018
BETHLEHEM IS SO SUFFUSED WITH history and myth that it feels like an unreal city, even to thepeople who call it home. For many, Bethlehem remains the little town at the edge of the desert described in Biblical accounts.Today, the city is hemmed in by a wall and surrounded by forty-one Israeli settlements and hostile settlers and soldiers.
Nicholas Blincoe tells the town's history through the visceral experience of living there, taking readers through its stone streets and desert wadis, its monasteries, aqueducts, and orchards to show the city from every angle and era. His portrait of Bethlehem sheds light on one of the world's most intractable political problems, and he maintains that if the long thread winding back to the city's ancient past is severed, the chances of an end to the Palestine-Israel conflict will be lost with it.
'Thorough and entertaining' Standpoint
'Majestic . . . [a] book of many marvellous things' John Lewis-Stempel
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Specificații
ISBN-13: 9781472128645
ISBN-10: 1472128648
Pagini: 288
Ilustrații: Integrated b+w illustrations
Dimensiuni: 126 x 196 x 24 mm
Greutate: 0.23 kg
Editura: Little Brown Book Group
ISBN-10: 1472128648
Pagini: 288
Ilustrații: Integrated b+w illustrations
Dimensiuni: 126 x 196 x 24 mm
Greutate: 0.23 kg
Editura: Little Brown Book Group
Descriere
An unforgettable history of the beloved little town at the heart of the world's longest conflict, chronicling times of peace and war over the course of 11,000 years
Notă biografică
Nicholas
Blincoeis
an
award-winning
novelist,
playwright,
and
screenwriter.
He
has
coproduced
two
feature-length
documentaries
on
the
Palestine-Israel
conflict,
Jeremy
Hardy
vs.
the
Israeli
Army
and
Open
Bethlehem,
both
directed
by
filmmaker
Leila
Sansour.
Blincoe
divides
his
time
between
London
and
Bethlehem.
Recenzii
"[Bethlehem]
brings
within
reach
11,000
years
of
history,
centering
on
the
beloved
town's
unique
place
in
the
world.
Blincoe's
love
of
Bethlehem
is
compelling,
even
as
he
does
not
shy
away
from
the
complexities
of
its
chronicle."—President
Jimmy
Carter
"Stories about places, unlike the stories of individuals, tend to be shifty. Yes, some evidence is there but the connecting human threads have to be imagined. In the clever hands of Nicholas Blincoe, Bethlehem emerges as a wholesome 11,000-year-old, ancient yet lucidly defined with a gripping tale to tell about herself and about the entire region. This tale illuminates both the past and the present of the Middle East with countless instances of fantastic achievement and equally terrible human folly."—Yotam Ottolenghi, coauthor of Jerusalem
"Blincoe's book is as multifaceted as the city about which he writes. With great skill he accomplishes the daunting task of providing a highly readable account covering the long history of Bethlehem from the Stone Age to modern times. But it is not only a work of scholarship. It's a book by a talented chronicler who lovingly paints the city's many contradictions and bewildering complexity. Highly readable and informative it leaves the reader not only with a profound admiration for this city of extremes and its resilient inhabitants who have endured such hardships but also with a deep lament at the current suffering of the people of Bethlehem."—Raja Shehadeh, author of Where The Line Is Drawn
"A lovely personal adventure through the history of Bethlehem from its origins up to the present day. Blincoe captures the continuities and contradictions, the myths and the history of one of the world's most famous towns."—Peter Frankopan, author of Silk Roads
"This sensitive and human history of Bethlehem from ancient time to our day is the most original and powerful guide you will ever read about this important city. The book succeeds in fusing together the history of more than a millennium with personal recollections, archaeological and morphological insights, as well [as] wonderfully written descriptions of human and geographical landscapes. Relics and stories of the past are used as entry points for uncovering the various chapters in this holy city's history through personal anecdotes and the most recent scholarship, with constant attention to human suffering and hopes."—Ilan Pappe
"Blincoe's remarkable account is stunning in scope and draws on absorbing sources. Interweaving his years of personal familiarity with Bethlehem, he reveals the town as 'the fulcrum of world history.' His gifted writing and nuanced humor makes this a must-read, as he sweeps across millennia."—Mary Elizabeth King, author of A Quiet Revolution
"A remarkable and important history with fascinating insights round every corner."—Charlie English, author of The Storied City
"An exuberant and erudite journey into the real Bethlehem. Each page leads the reader down new and fascinating tangents of history, cuisine, and personal anecdote, each time somehow finding its way back to Bethlehem and its habit of standing at the center of world affairs."—Jacob Norris, author of Land of Progress: Palestine in the Age of Colonial Development
"This is a learned, trenchant and badly-needed history of one of the most famous and symbolically-laden, yet woefully misunderstood, cities on earth. Millions believe they care deeply about Bethlehem without knowing the first thing about its history or lived reality. The next time someone feels like singing about this 'little town,' perhaps they should spend some time with Mr. Blincoe's illuminating book first."—Hussein Ibish, Arab Gulf States Institute in Washington
"A history of thetown of Bethlehem, both sweeping and personal in scope."—Kirkus Reviews
"All will leave these pages with a richerunderstanding of an iconic city."—Booklist
"Blincoe weaves a tapestry of history, geography, and politics that illuminates this most famous of areas, here seen through the eyes of one who knows the place intimately."
—Library Journal,Starred Review
"Blincoe's thoroughness is nothing short ofimpressive... [Bethlehem] offers a biography so vividly imaginedthat I jumped when my phone buzzed, interrupting my reverie of Nabateantemples... The reward is in the lush prose and personal accounts. Blincoe is ajoyful writer, well suited to the task of evoking place with passages...transportingthe reader with mouthwatering specificity. ...More than anything, his love forthe place leaps off the page; for all its chronicling of incursions and defeat,this is ultimately a book about hope."—New York Times Book Review
"That [Blincoe] manages to cover so much with anengaging, even jocular, tone is a credit to [his] writing skill... For readerswho want to dig deep into the founding of this little town of legend, [Bethlehem}makes for happy reading."—National Catholic Reporter
"Having lived in Bethlehem for a number ofyears, Nicholas Blincoe knows the area intimately. His masterful biographytraces humankind's steps from the caves and carvings of the 9th century BCE tothe complicated politics of the present day... A powerful and passionate plea forunderstanding."—The Spectator
"A delightful and informative read."—The Sunderland Echo
"Bethlehemis no straightforward account of thisextraordinary little town. Part history, part travelogue and memoir, it readslike an extended love letter to a place on the brink... Blincoe gives himselffree rein to share memories, travels, interviews and assorted experiences alongthe way in a highly discursive, frequently amusing, often tragic but always accessiblehistory."—The Guardian
"Stories about places, unlike the stories of individuals, tend to be shifty. Yes, some evidence is there but the connecting human threads have to be imagined. In the clever hands of Nicholas Blincoe, Bethlehem emerges as a wholesome 11,000-year-old, ancient yet lucidly defined with a gripping tale to tell about herself and about the entire region. This tale illuminates both the past and the present of the Middle East with countless instances of fantastic achievement and equally terrible human folly."—Yotam Ottolenghi, coauthor of Jerusalem
"Blincoe's book is as multifaceted as the city about which he writes. With great skill he accomplishes the daunting task of providing a highly readable account covering the long history of Bethlehem from the Stone Age to modern times. But it is not only a work of scholarship. It's a book by a talented chronicler who lovingly paints the city's many contradictions and bewildering complexity. Highly readable and informative it leaves the reader not only with a profound admiration for this city of extremes and its resilient inhabitants who have endured such hardships but also with a deep lament at the current suffering of the people of Bethlehem."—Raja Shehadeh, author of Where The Line Is Drawn
"A lovely personal adventure through the history of Bethlehem from its origins up to the present day. Blincoe captures the continuities and contradictions, the myths and the history of one of the world's most famous towns."—Peter Frankopan, author of Silk Roads
"This sensitive and human history of Bethlehem from ancient time to our day is the most original and powerful guide you will ever read about this important city. The book succeeds in fusing together the history of more than a millennium with personal recollections, archaeological and morphological insights, as well [as] wonderfully written descriptions of human and geographical landscapes. Relics and stories of the past are used as entry points for uncovering the various chapters in this holy city's history through personal anecdotes and the most recent scholarship, with constant attention to human suffering and hopes."—Ilan Pappe
"Blincoe's remarkable account is stunning in scope and draws on absorbing sources. Interweaving his years of personal familiarity with Bethlehem, he reveals the town as 'the fulcrum of world history.' His gifted writing and nuanced humor makes this a must-read, as he sweeps across millennia."—Mary Elizabeth King, author of A Quiet Revolution
"A remarkable and important history with fascinating insights round every corner."—Charlie English, author of The Storied City
"An exuberant and erudite journey into the real Bethlehem. Each page leads the reader down new and fascinating tangents of history, cuisine, and personal anecdote, each time somehow finding its way back to Bethlehem and its habit of standing at the center of world affairs."—Jacob Norris, author of Land of Progress: Palestine in the Age of Colonial Development
"This is a learned, trenchant and badly-needed history of one of the most famous and symbolically-laden, yet woefully misunderstood, cities on earth. Millions believe they care deeply about Bethlehem without knowing the first thing about its history or lived reality. The next time someone feels like singing about this 'little town,' perhaps they should spend some time with Mr. Blincoe's illuminating book first."—Hussein Ibish, Arab Gulf States Institute in Washington
"A history of thetown of Bethlehem, both sweeping and personal in scope."—Kirkus Reviews
"All will leave these pages with a richerunderstanding of an iconic city."—Booklist
"Blincoe weaves a tapestry of history, geography, and politics that illuminates this most famous of areas, here seen through the eyes of one who knows the place intimately."
—Library Journal,Starred Review
"Blincoe's thoroughness is nothing short ofimpressive... [Bethlehem] offers a biography so vividly imaginedthat I jumped when my phone buzzed, interrupting my reverie of Nabateantemples... The reward is in the lush prose and personal accounts. Blincoe is ajoyful writer, well suited to the task of evoking place with passages...transportingthe reader with mouthwatering specificity. ...More than anything, his love forthe place leaps off the page; for all its chronicling of incursions and defeat,this is ultimately a book about hope."—New York Times Book Review
"That [Blincoe] manages to cover so much with anengaging, even jocular, tone is a credit to [his] writing skill... For readerswho want to dig deep into the founding of this little town of legend, [Bethlehem}makes for happy reading."—National Catholic Reporter
"Having lived in Bethlehem for a number ofyears, Nicholas Blincoe knows the area intimately. His masterful biographytraces humankind's steps from the caves and carvings of the 9th century BCE tothe complicated politics of the present day... A powerful and passionate plea forunderstanding."—The Spectator
"A delightful and informative read."—The Sunderland Echo
"Bethlehemis no straightforward account of thisextraordinary little town. Part history, part travelogue and memoir, it readslike an extended love letter to a place on the brink... Blincoe gives himselffree rein to share memories, travels, interviews and assorted experiences alongthe way in a highly discursive, frequently amusing, often tragic but always accessiblehistory."—The Guardian