Description
Old New Land forever altered the face of the Middle East. The book was a nineteenth-century utopian blueprint for a modern state of Israel. There were Jewish settlers in Palestine, and Zionist ideas had existed in Eastern Europe before Herzl, but Herzl made Zionism into a cultural and political movement acceptable to Western governments and intellectuals. His prophecy at the end of this book became reality: "If you will it, it is not a fable."
The author, founder of the Zionist movement, considered this utopian story his best literary work: an expression of his art, with a political message. His biographer, Amos Elon, placed Old New Land "in the mainstream of fin-de-si cle art. Its pursuit of arcadian bliss within a mystic community and its haunted preoccupation with dreams recall Gustav Mahler's music."
Author: Theodor Herzl
Publisher: Markus Wiener Publishers
Published: 06/21/2020
Pages: 340
Binding Type: Paperback
Weight: 1.10lbs
Size: 9.00h x 6.00w x 0.76d
ISBN13: 9781558761605
ISBN10: 1558761608
BISAC Categories:
- Fiction | Literary
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