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Memories After My Death Yair Lapid

Memories After My Death By Yair Lapid

Memories After My Death by Yair Lapid


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Summary

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.

Memories After My Death Summary

Memories After My Death: The Story of Joseph 'Tommy' Lapid by Yair Lapid

'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, but vehemently secular - expose the many contradictions inherent in Israeli life today.

Memories After My Death Reviews

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 book, it is the man himself who turns the pages of his life and speaks directly to the reader. --Jewish Chronicle --Jewish Chronicle

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 Water'. His translations include Meir Shalev's 'A Pigeon and a Boy', a finalist for the PEN Translation Prize, and Ron Leshem's 'Beaufort', runner up for the TLS Risa Domb/Porjes Prize for the Translation of Hebrew Literature.

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GOR011192285
9781908739445
1908739444
Memories After My Death: The Story of Joseph 'Tommy' Lapid by Yair Lapid
Used - Like New
Paperback
Elliott & Thompson Limited
20121101
416
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Book picture is for illustrative purposes only, actual binding, cover or edition may vary.
The book has been read, but looks new. The book cover has no visible wear, and the dust jacket is included if applicable. No missing or damaged pages, no tears, possible very minimal creasing, no underlining or highlighting of text, and no writing in the margins

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