On a practical level, the return of the Jews to the promised land was organized around the kibbutz, at least in its most voluminous strata. Colonists necessary to achieve that primary integration of space and the human being that occupies it.
And around that reconstruction of a homeland, that reunion of the Jews with the place where their ancestors had lived, Amos Oz offers us some stories about experiences, circumstances and that attachment to the lost land that managed to keep them united in spirit through customs and religion.
Geopolitical and identity conflicts aside, the notion presented by the author is that of the arrival to a spiritual refuge after MILLENNIUM of wandering anywhere in the world and receiving contempt and animosity in most cases. For this reason alone, it is worth reading, listening, and considering every point of view, especially in its most personal aspect.
When the Jews finally find a place where they can feel themselves, they have to consider how to return to their harsh land. They think of the commune and work to re-establish themselves in their little place in the world. Undoubtedly a sum of very particular circumstances that offer a great narrative richness. Wandering Jews finally organized to return to the land the Roman Empire forced them to leave.
But after so long the exile has penetrated too much in the soul. And that is the ultimate impression that this book gives us. Founding a country of souls who have roamed the world for centuries was a dizzying accumulation of contradictory feelings.
Stories rich in nuances and deep in vital approaches. A necessary literary catharsis to be able to empathize with these people, a learning about the oldest of the nomadic peoples, a lesson about the unity in the dispersion.
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