Hear, O Israel! [Paperback]

David Solway (Author)

Book Description

Publication Date: October 21, 2009

This collection of essays is a follow up to the critically acclaimed, The Big Lie: On Terror, Antisemitism and Identity. The author brings his insights from a long career as a writer and cultural critic to navigate through the culture wars and geo-political minefields concerning the State of Israel. Drawing on historical, cultural and ideological analysis, he clarifies the role of antiSemitism in the Left's betrayal of the only liberal democracy in the Middle East. He examines the hostility to Israel from diverse sectors such as nations, non-governmental organizations, unions, and academia - while he unveils the shoddy and sometimes antisemitic assumptions lying below the surface of such critics. Solway is one of the most literate defenders of Israel and a brave voice among an intellectual class complicit in half-truths and outright distortions concerning Israel's situation among the terrorists and Iranian proxies surrounding it. This is an extraordinarily well-written book.

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About the Author

David Solway is a distinguished Canadian poet, essayist and literary critic. His most recent book of poetry is The Property of Things. A previous volume, Reaching for Clear, won the A.M. Klein Prize for Poetry awarded by the Quebec Writers' Federation. An earlier volume, Franklin's Passage, was awarded Le Grand Prix du Livre de Montreal. He has won the QSPELL Prize twice, for poetry (Modern Marriage) and for prose (Education Lost). Solway's work has appeared in such magazines as The Atlantic Monthly, Canadian Literature, Descant, International Journal of Applied Semiotics, liberte, Journal of Modern Greek Studies, Parnassus, PN Review, Policy Options, Pretext (U.K.), Saranac Review, Saturday Night, Partisan Review, and The Sewanee Review. He has published several books on education theory and literary criticism with the Ontario Institute for Studies in Education and McGill-Queens' University Press. His latest volume of literary criticism is Director's Cut. A political study, The Big Lie: On Terror, Antisemitism and Identity, was a Canadian bestseller. From 2001 to 2008, he served as Associate Editor of Books in Canada and is currently a contributing editor with Arts & Opinion and The Metropolitain. Appointed poet-in-residence at Concordia University for 1999-2000, he is a frequent contributor to FrontPageMagazine and Pajamas Media in the United States.

Product Details

• Paperback: 181 pages
• Publisher: Mantua Books (October 21, 2009)
• Language: English
• ISBN-10: 0973406534
• ISBN-13: 978-0973406535
• Product Dimensions: 8.6 x 5.9 x 0.5 inches
• Shipping Weight: 12.8 ounces (View shipping rates and policies)
• Amazon Best Sellers Rank: #2,694,002 in Books (See Top 100 in Books)

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