Synopses & Reviews
With a new introduction by the author.
The Israeli novelist David Grossman's impassioned account of what he observed on the West Bank in early 1987--not only the misery of the Palestinian refugees and their deep-seated hatred of the Israelis but also the cost of occupation for both occupier and occupied--is an intimate and urgent moral report on one of the great tragedies of our time. The Yellow Wind caused a sensation upon its original publication. Now with a new introduction by the author, it is essential reading for anyone who seeks a deeper understanding of Israel today.
Review
"A brilliant, searing examination of Israel's occupation of the West Bank...beautiful, passionate and profoundly disturbing."--William J. Drummond,
Chicago Tribune"His report opens our eyes...He shows that on both sides of the conflict there are thoughtful, sensitive, intelligent human beings. And he puts us readers directly in touch with them."--Christopher Lehmann-Haupt, The New York Times
"Written with tremendous conviction and power...Grossman means for us to see that the occupier and the occupied are brutalized alike by their unresolved quarrel. His theme is the despair of the defeated and the uneasy sleep of those who must police them."--David Lehman, Newsweek
"Even the most cautious readers--and even the most hostile--are bound to learn something about the conflict that they never knew before, something that illuminates the news and the reality that produces it, something that explains what is and may yet be, something deep and achingly, damningly, true."--Walter Reich, The New York Times Book Review
"The most honest, soul-searching book yet written by an Israeli--or, for that matter, by a Palestinian--on an agony that neither of them alone can bring to an end."--Ruth Broyde-Sharon, Los Angeles Times
About the Author
David Grossman is the author of another book of journalism,
Sleeping on a Wire, as well as four novels, several children's books, and a play. He lives in Jerusalem.