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Sulha,
published in Canada, Germany and Greece, was praised by Leonard Cohen, Elie
Wiesel, Joni Mitchell, Robert Elbaz, Anne Michaels, The Globe and Mail, the
Vancouver Sun, Vancouver Courier, Ottawa Citizen, Quill & Quire among
others, in Canada, Greece and Germany.
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Price: $27.95, paperback with flaps, 660 pages
ISBN: 1-55263-053-6
Pub Date: Sept 4th, 1999
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About the Author: Bio | Profile clippings
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emerged from modern Israel's harrowing yet exultant experience." Elie Wiesel
"This is not just a book for Jews and women, it is a
multi-cultural adventure. Strong and provocative and illuminating, it is told
in a unique new voice." Joni Mitchell
"I read it above all as Poem or the Poem of the desert*If
history and politics are present, it is through an individual woman's obsessive
consciousness to come to grips with them, primarily to give meaning to her own
life*This is where I see the beauty of [Sulha]." Robert Elbaz
"Sulha attempts to reconcile ancient conflicts, the living and
the dead, forgetting and forgiving, within the compassion and frailties of its
characters. It is a large-hearted book*" Anne Michaels
"*Crucial human questions, passionately addressed, and
answered in a spirit of humility, which honours their grave complexities. I
rejoice in Marom's achievement."
Leonard Cohen
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SULHA tells the story of Leora,
an Israeli war widow now living in Canada who, twenty years after her husband's
death in the Sinai War, is obliged by law to decide whether or not to allow her
only son to serve high-risk duty in the Israeli Air Force. Charged with such a
burden, Leora leaves her uneasy exile in Toronto, returning to Israel, ancient
and modern.
Venturing first to the mountains of Sinai, she stays with
a remote Bedouin tribe, who offer her a glimpse of the other; the mysterious
Arab world that so fascinated her as a child; the enemy that her son might
face. And indeed, mounting danger and mystery pervade the air of the Bedouin
compound. But are these people really the enemy? Is sulha- forgiveness,
understanding- not possible here? The modern Israel to which Leora then returns
offers no clear answers, and a deep emnity towards her. To her former
compatriots, she is the other- outsider, exile, even a deserter from the Land
for which her husband gave his life.
SULHA is the story of one woman's
search for the answer to her son's future, and through it the reconciliation of
her own fragmented past. In the process, it explores the interlocking,
sometimes irreconcilable boundaries of love and loyalty-to a people, to a
land.
Intensely lyrical, captivating and inspired SULHA is an unforgettable
reading experience, and introduces a remarkable, original new voice in fiction.
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Reviews
She has created an original and unforgettable novel of peace... read more
...a splendid hymn to love, dignity, honour and duty. read more
...undertake a long, intense journey that pushes us to see the world through different eyes read more
For more reviews go to The Thomas Fisher Rare Books Library.
CBC Broadcasts written and produced by Malka Marom:
The Bite of The Big Apple - an 8 hour documentary about the American dream; character driven, like a novel, and mixed on 24 tracks like an album. Won an ACTRA award.
The Bedouins - a one-hour documentary that won the Ohio State award.
Desert Diaries - ten segments that were broadcast on Morningside. Nominated for an ACTRA award.
My Jerusalem - a one-hour documentary. Nominated for an ACTRA award.
Publo Casals - a one-hour interview broadcast on the series: Ideas
The Holocaust - a one-hour hour documentary. Nominated for an ACTRA award.
Joni Mitchell -a two-hour profile (1979). Nominated for an ACTRA award.
Joni Mitchell - a two-hour profile (1975). Nominated for an ACTRA award.
Leonard Cohen - a two-hour profile.
Music of Israel - a one-hour documentary
Music of Mexico - a one-hour documentary
Jilles Vinault - a two-hour profile.
Nana Mouskouri - a two-hour profile.
Contributed to McLean's Magazine and The Toronto Star
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