All the Rivers: A Novel

All the Rivers: A Novel

A controversial, award-winning story about the passionate but untenable affair between an Israeli woman and a Palestinian man, from one of Israelâ€™s most acclaimed novelists

When Liat meets Hilmi on a blustery autumn afternoon in Greenwich Village, she finds herself unwillingly drawn to him. Charismatic and handsome, Hilmi is a talented young artist from Palestine. Liat, an aspiring translation student, plans to return to Israel the following summer. Despite knowing that their love can be only temporary, that it can exist only away from their conflicted homeland, Liat lets herself be enraptured by Hilmi: by his lively imagination, by his beautiful hands and wise eyes, by his sweetness and devotion.

Together they explore the city, sharing laughs and fantasies and pangs of homesickness. But the unfettered joy they awaken in each other cannot overcome the guilt Liat feels for hiding him from her family in Israel and her Jewish friends in New York. As her departure date looms and her love for Hilmi deepens, Liat must decide whether she is willing to risk alienating her family, her community, and her sense of self for the love of one man.

Banned from classrooms by Israelâ€™s Ministry of Education, Dorit Rabinyanâ€™s remarkable novel contains multitudes. A bold portrayal of the strainsâ€”and delightsâ€”of a forbidden relationship, All the Rivers (published in Israel as Borderlife) is a love story and a war story, a New York story and a Middle East story, an unflinching foray into the forces that bind us and divide us. â€œThe land is the same land,â€ Hilmi reminds Liat. â€œIn the end all the rivers flow into the same sea.â€

Praise for All the Rivers

â€œRabinyanâ€™s book is a sort of Romeo and Juliet, a forbidden love affair between a Jewish girl from Tel Aviv and a Palestinian boy from Hebron. . . . [A] beautiful novel.â€â€”The GuardianÂ

â€œA fine, subtle, and disturbing study of the ways in which public events encroach upon the private lives of those who attempt to live and love in peace with each other, and, impossibly, with a riven and irreconcilable world.â€â€”John Banville, Man Booker Prizeâ€“winning author of The Sea

â€œIâ€™m with Dorit Rabinyan. Love, not hate, will save us. Hatred sows hatred, but love can break down barriers.â€â€”Svetlana Alexievich, winner of the Nobel Prize for Literature

â€œAstonishing . . . [a] precise and elegant love story, drawn with the finest of lines.â€â€”Amos Oz

â€œRabinyanâ€™s writing reflects the honesty and modesty of a true artisan.â€â€”Haaretz

â€œBecause the novel strikes the right balance between the personal and the political, and because of her ability to tell a suspenseful and satisfying story, we decided to award Dorit Rabinyanâ€™s [All the Rivers] the 2015 Bernstein Prize.â€â€”From the 2015 Bernstein Prize judgesâ€™ decision

â€œ[All the Rivers] ought to be read like J. M. Coetzee or Toni Morrisonâ€”from a distance in order to get close.â€â€”Walla!

â€œBeautiful and sensitive . . . a human tale of rapprochement and separation . . . a noteworthy human and literary achievement.â€â€”Makor RishonÂ

â€œA captivating (and heartbreaking) gem, written in a spectacular style, with a rich, flowing, colorful and addictive language.â€â€”Motke

â€œA great novel of love and peace.â€â€”La Stampa

â€œA novel that truly speaks to the heart.â€â€”Corriere della Sera
Country USA
Brand Random House Books for Young Readers
Manufacturer Random House
Binding Hardcover
ItemPartNumber 9780375508295
Color Black
ReleaseDate 2017-04-25
UnitCount 1
EANs 9780375508295

Country	USA
Brand	Random House Books for Young Readers
Manufacturer	Random House
Binding	Hardcover
ItemPartNumber	9780375508295
Color	Black
ReleaseDate	2017-04-25
UnitCount	1
EANs	9780375508295

All the Rivers: A Novel

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