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"In a daring and brilliant book, Nava Semel turns the Zionist narrative upside-down and contemplates whether it would have been possible to change the history of the Jewish people. She creates a world in which a prosperous Jewish state under American patronage arises at Grand Island, near the Niagara Falls, in the wake of the vision of Mordecai Manuel Noah . . . and asks the question, "What would have happened if . . . ?" Abraham B. Yehoshua, author ofMr. Mani
Equal parts detective novel, historical fantasia, and alternate history, Isra-Isle offers a compelling exploration of modern Jewish identity for a postmodern world. . . . This what-if novel is Semel's Israeli-feminist Yiddish Policemen's Uniona real triumph of the imagination." Adam Rovner, author of In the Shadow of Zion: Promised Lands Before Israel
What are Jews doing in the chaotic Middle East when they could have been living peacefully in the state of "Isra-Isle," near Niagara Falls? In 1825 Mordecai Noah, a diplomat, bought Grand Island as a refuge for Jews. The novel opens in September 2001 when Liam Emanuel, an Israeli descendant of Noah, learns about and inherits the island. He leaves Israel with a burning desire to reclaim this historic Promised Land in America. Shortly after he arrives in America, Liam vanishes with no trace. Simon T. Lenox, a police investigator of Native American origin, tries to recover Israel's "missing son." While following in Liam Emanuel's footsteps, Lenox learns about Jews and Israelis, and why this strange tribe of wanderers has been troubling the world for so long.
Nava Semel has published novels, short stories, poetry, plays, children's books, and a number of TV scripts. Her books have been translated and published in many countries. Her bookBecoming Gershona received the 1990 National Jewish Book Award in the US.
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Jessica Cohen, translator, has worked with some of Israel’s finest writers, including David Grossman, Etgar Keret, Assaf Gavron, Rutu Modan, Amir Gutfreund, Yael Hedaya, Ronit Matalon, and Tom Segev, as well as such prominent screenwriters as Ari Folman and Ron Leshem. She has served as a board member of the American Literary Translators Association, and is also a member of the American Translators Association, the Israel Translators Association, the Colorado Translators Association, and PEN American Center.
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