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Memories After My Death Story Joseph Tommy Lapid
Yair Lapid
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Description for Memories After My Death Story Joseph Tommy Lapid
Paperback. Joseph 'Tommy' Lapid (1931-2008) survived the horrors of the Holocaust to become Israel's notorious yet beloved 'big mouth': a journalist, playwright, TV star, and finally deputy prime minister and leader of the anti-Orthodox movement. His is a very personal story as well as the breathtaking saga of a nation that emerged from the ashes. Translator(s): Fallenberg, Evan. Num Pages: 416 pages. BIC Classification: 1FBH; 3JJ; BGH; HBJF1; HBLW; HBTZ1. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 198 x 131 x 31. Weight in Grams: 384.
'Memories After My Death' is the story of Tommy Lapid, a well-loved and controversial Israeli figure who saw the development of the country from all angles over its first sixty years. From seeing his father taken away to a concentration camp to arriving in Tel Aviv at the birth of Israel, Tommy Lapid lived every major incident of Jewish life since the 1930s first-hand. This sweeping narrative is mesmerizing for anyone with an interest in how Israel became what it is today. Lapid's uniquely unorthodox opinions - he belonged to neither left nor right, was Jewish, ... Read more
'Memories After My Death' is the story of Tommy Lapid, a well-loved and controversial Israeli figure who saw the development of the country from all angles over its first sixty years. From seeing his father taken away to a concentration camp to arriving in Tel Aviv at the birth of Israel, Tommy Lapid lived every major incident of Jewish life since the 1930s first-hand. This sweeping narrative is mesmerizing for anyone with an interest in how Israel became what it is today. Lapid's uniquely unorthodox opinions - he belonged to neither left nor right, was Jewish, ... Read more
Product Details
Publisher
Elliott & Thompson Limited
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2012
Condition
New
Number of Pages
416
Place of Publication
London, United Kingdom
ISBN
9781908739445
SKU
V9781908739445
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About Yair Lapid
Yair Lapid recently entered the Israeli political arena as the founder and leader of the political party Yesh Atid. Previously, he was one of Israel's leading journalists and broadcasters. He has published ten books, all of which have featured in the Israeli bestseller lists. Evan Fallenberg is author of the award-winning novels 'Light Fell' and 'When We Danced on ... Read more
Reviews for Memories After My Death Story Joseph Tommy Lapid
This is an extraordinary book, which was written by a person after he passed away. No one, not even his best friends, could revive Tommy better than his own gifted son.
Ehud Olmert, former Israeli Prime Minister; ...a literary tour-de-force in which the son reassembles the voice, the spirit of the father so absolutely that, for most of this big ... Read more
Ehud Olmert, former Israeli Prime Minister; ...a literary tour-de-force in which the son reassembles the voice, the spirit of the father so absolutely that, for most of this big ... Read more