To the End of the Land

Als Oras Sohn, ein israelischer Soldat, loszieht, um an einer größeren Militäroperation teilzunehmen, erträgt sie das quälende Warten nicht. Sie reißt von Zuhause aus und fährt nach Galiläa, wo sie Avram, ihre Sandkastenliebe, trifft. Zusammen machen sie sich zu Fuß auf eine Reise quer durch Israel. Um ihrem Sohn Kraft zu schenken, beginnt Ora von ihm zu erzählen - und durchlebt sein Leben noch einmal von Anfang an.

Informationen zum Autor David Grossman Klappentext From one of the world's most acclaimed writers comes a novel of extraordinary power about family life - the greatest human drama - and the cost of war. Ora, a middle-aged mother, is on the verge of celebrating her son Ofer's release from Israeli army service when he returns to the front for a major offensive. In a fit of preemptive grief and magical thinking, she sets out for a hike in the Galilee, leaving no forwarding information for the 'notifiers' who might darken her door with the worst possible news. Zusammenfassung As they sleep out in the hills, ford rivers and cross valleys, Ora recounts, step by step and word by word, the story of her son's birth, life and possible death, in one mother's magical, passionate and heartbreaking attempt to keep her son safe from harm.

Vorwort
From one of the world's most acclaimed writers comes a novel of extraordinary power about family life - the greatest human drama - and the cost of war.

Autorentext

David Grossman

Zusammenfassung

Ora, a middle-aged Israeli mother, is about to celebrate her son Ofer's release from army service when he returns to the front for a major offensive. Instead of waiting at home for the 'notifiers' who could arrive at any moment to tell her of her son's fate, she sets off for a hike in Galilee, leaving no forwarding address. If a mother is not there to receive the news, a son cannot die, can he?

Recently estranged from her husband, Ora drags along an unlikely companion: their former best friend and her former lover Avram, the man who in fact turns out to be her son's biological father. As they sleep out in the hills, ford rivers and cross valleys, Ora recounts, step by step and word by word, the story of her son's birth, life and possible death, in one mother's magical, passionate and heartbreaking attempt to keep her son safe from harm.