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Passionate summary of the inhuman treatment of the Jewish people in Europe, of the exodus in the nineteenth and twentieth centuries to Palestine, and of the triumphant founding of the new Israel. --The New York Times
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Exodus is an international publishing phenomenon--the towering novel of the twentieth century's most dramatic geopolitical event. Leon Uris magnificently portrays the birth of a new nation in the midst of enemies--the beginning of an earthshaking struggle for power. Here is the tale that swept the world with its fury: the story of an American nurse, an Israeli freedom fighter caught up in a glorious, heartbreaking, triumphant era. Here is Exodus --one of the great best-selling novels of all time.
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13 of 15 people found the following review helpful
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I approached Exodus with the utmost scepticism, knowing full well the predisposal of the author to vaunt political beliefs and wax lyrical at the expense of facts. there is no doubt that Uris gets carried away with Zionist propaganda and intense identification and connection with the Jewish people. Yet people have deemed this book nothing BUT propaganda and that is not only untrue, it has missed the point. Exodus is designed to give you a breath of idealism coupled with despair. it paints the extremes of its subject because the author wants an extreme reaction. The result: brave, haunted characters and soul-battering prose that leaves you weary as if you had run a marathon. How could one write about the death-defying struggle of the Jewish people and their desperation for a homeland without conveying something of the stubborn ideology that motivated them? You don't have to agree with Uris, but the tale is true as far as the emotions involved are concerned - and those who think he is simply racist should read his other books, where he tackles the same war from the other side, or 'Trinity' where he fights for the Irish as long and hard as he fights for the Jews in 'Exodus'. Not a book, an experience.
2 of 2 people found the following review helpful
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It is a great book. I always say to everybody who asks me about my feelings toward Israel that he should read this book. And to those of you who said it might be a little one-sided view and a bit against the arabs I say that you should read The Haj as well and you ll know most of the hístory as it happened!
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...I would like to point out that this is a long book and it does,indeed get some historical facts wrong....which book doesn't,especially when it comes to interpretation.Overall,however,it is a more balanced interpretation of events than is suggested.As an English citizen there is much criticism of the British Government of the time,but a resounding respect for the British people and also a recognition that at times we were right.Arabs do not come out very well.....but this is a novel and not a statement of fact.Jewish policy is also criticised,and justly so. The point about the American public is very valid.....but this,I feel,says far more about the average American than Leon Uris or the contents of 'Exodus'.Anyone after reading this book would surely feel directed to further reading to ascertain all the facts.If some readers do not,then it is hardly the fault of Leon Uris.Just try reading Arab literature about the formation of Israel!!!!! As a piece of storytelling,taking into account the Holocaust and the formation of Israel it is a deeply moving book of great power and I would recommend it to anyone with the proviso that they also read some serious historical non-fiction to gain a full perspective.
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Thought provoking!
A gripping, thought provoking and at times, unsettling story delving in to the treatment of Jews throughout history but focusing in particular on the 19th and 20th century through... Read more
Published 1 month ago by G. Tully
Good 'story' but propaganda in the extreme!!!
Very, very much a product of it's time. HUGELY weighted in favour of the Jewish cause, VERY racist against the Arabs.
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Published 7 months ago by gnash
Accessible and largely realistic
I first read this book many years ago when it was on my father's bookshelf and it had a profound effect on me. Read more
Published on 29 Jan 2010 by hiljean
Epic Account of the Birth of Israel
This remarkable book documents the struggle to be born by the Jewish state of Israel by amongst others , holocaust survivors It IS by in large historically accurate (as historical... Read more
Published on 17 Jun 2008 by Gary Selikow
A gripping story
I read this book when I was fourteen, yet the story is still vivid in my mind. Exodus is beyond a literary work. It is more than that. Read more
Published on 26 Jan 2005 by Sancho Mahle
A Book That was Life-Forming
I first read Exodus back in 1972 when I was 15. It made the biggest impression ever on me - I am half-Jewish (on my father's side) so was not brought up in the faith. Read more
Published on 31 Jan 2004 by Mrs. S. A. Roberts
OUTSTANDING!
Leon Uris takes you on a rollercoaster of emotions as he tells of the birth of Israel and the history of some of its citizens. Read more
Published on 29 May 2002
A Work of Art having been slightly smudged in the background
Leon Uris has written a thrilling,addictive,and passionate book.It is a work of art,the content can be disgusting yet it can be very intresting it can be romantic as well as being... Read more
Published on 20 Aug 2001
Prejudice and Bias that has passed into "history"
Having read the other reviews it is obvious that your opinion of this book depends on where you stand on the Palestinian/Israeli conflict. This is only just. Read more
Published on 29 May 2001 by S. Flaherty
Excellent book, I can read it over and over again.
I love this book, it's full of human emotion and shows how time and religion do not change a persons essential thoughts, you can relate to this book at any age no matter what... Read more
Published on 16 Mar 2001
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