Best Israeli Reading

Polaris-: Childhood memoir - multi-generational family saga - wartime Jerusalem under siege - heartbreaking tragedy. Altogether the making of Israel's finest living author.

Polaris-: Claustrophobic, fearsome, and heart-poundingly atmospheric tale of lonely soldiers and tension in a remote and hard-fought for mountain outpost. The denouement of Israel's Lebanese occupation.

SqueakyChu: A thought-provoking memoir by a Palestinian doctor from Gaza who promotes peace between Jews and Arabs despite personal family tragedy.

Polaris-: Wonderfully written vignettes of a quieter rural Israel - with more than a few twists.

Polaris-: Soaringly good classic of early Hebrew literature. Fascinating portrait of the early Zionists and the birth of Tel Aviv and modernity in Israel.

SqueakyChu: A delightful novel showing how immigrants form the Old World come to Palestine to establish a kibbutz and celebrate life in their newly adopted country.

Polaris-: Oz in playful good form. So much to absorb in so few pages. A renowned author attends a reading of his own work. Brilliantly drawn characterisations of contemporary Tel Aviv.

Polaris-: THE book to read on the beginnings of the Arab-Israeli conflict.

Polaris-: Memorable depiction of unconventional life and unconventional love in a border valley kibbutz of the 1960s.

Polaris-: Inter-connected short stories brilliantly capture the essence of kibbutz life in late 1950s Israel. Oz refined and distilled to perfection.

Polaris-: Oz's distinctive style debuts with a fine collection of stories - well drawn tales of collectivised kibbutz pioneers.

Polaris-: Pretty much every major event in Israel's short & busy history, and every major figure along the way - Rubinger was there taking fantastic photographs.