Exodus (Masterplots II: American Fiction Series, Revised Edition)
At a glance:
- Author: Leon Uris
- First Published: 1958
- Type of Plot: Historical fiction
- Time of Work: 1946 to 1949
- Setting: Principally Cyprus, Palestine, and Israel; also Europe, the United States, Russia, and Yemen
- Principal Characters: Ari Ben Canaan, Kitty Fremont, Karen Hansen Clement, Dov Landau, Jordana Ben Canaan, Barak Ben Canaan, Bruce Sutherland
- Genres: Long fiction, Historical fiction
- Subjects: 1940’s, Jews or Jewish life, War, Refugees, Israel or Israelis
- Locales: Israel, Cyprus, Palestine
The Novel
Although the principal characters of the novel are a group of heroically selfless and dedicated people, the true protagonist is the long-dispersed nation of Israel, restored at last to its homeland in Palestine despite extraordinary military, political, geographic, and economic hardships. The comings and goings, meetings and partings, triumphs and losses of the various principal characters interweave in a complex assortment of plots, subplots, and counterplots. The action is fast-paced, brutally direct, and unambiguous. All the principal characters suffer, or have...
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