The Author
Ellis Shuman is a writing professional who works in Ramat Gan. Born in Sioux City, Iowa, he made aliya to Jerusalem as a teenager, served in the IDF, was a founding member of a kibbutz, and now lives on Moshav Neve Ilan. Ellis is the author of ‘Valley of Thracians’ a suspense novel set in Bulgaria, and of 'The Virtual Kibbutz,' a collection of short stories set in Israel. Ellis lived with his wife for two years in Bulgaria, and blogs regularly about Israel, Bulgaria, books, and whatever else comes to mind.
As you see from the above, he's definitely had the life experience to entitle him to write about Kibbutzim. He use this license, brilliantly and has made a very important contribution to (the) Opera Corpus devoted to kibbutz life.
Handsome Paddy's Review on Amazon. (NO SPOILERS)
A collection of sophisticated, and beautifully written stories by one of Times of Israel's most distinguished journalists.
The characters, kibbutzniks, are well developed and multi-faceted to the extent that one ends up thinking one knows them personally.
I refuse to spoil it for you. READ IT YOURSELF!!
I recommend this to all members of the literate community, and suggest to those who have yet to join us, that they get someone to read it to them.
Michelle Cohen Corasanti's Review (NO SPOILERS)
A collection of well crafted, beautifully written stories about the the kibbutzim and kibbutzniks. Essential Reading. In short, I regard this as one of the most important pieces of literature ever produced on the subject of the kibbutz movement.
Corasanti is the author of another very important book on the middle-east. It's called The Almond Tree. She has both a bachelor's and master's degree in Middle-East studies. Here's a link: The Almond Tree by Michelle Cohen Corasanti
Corasanti is the author of another very important book on the middle-east. It's called The Almond Tree. She has both a bachelor's and master's degree in Middle-East studies. Here's a link: The Almond Tree by Michelle Cohen Corasanti
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while i read the book and was facinated by it I still feel there are wrongs on both sides of the divide and as one of my child hood friends is now livinf in Tel Aviv I need to get her ideas on the book
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