From Library Journal
This dramatic and riveting biography of an Israeli folk hero recounts the story of Szenes, who in September 1939, at age 18, left her comfortable middle-class Hungarian home for Palestine, fired with enthusiasm for the Zionist dream. Five years later, in 1944, she was executed as an Allied spy after having parachuted behind German lines in an abortive rescue mission on behalf of Hungarian Jews. Most biographies of Szenes rightly concentrate on her indomitable heroism and her lyrical, poetic soul. The refreshing feature of this narrative lies in its illumination of the ambivalence experienced by this intellectually gifted teenager who, by sheer willpower, subordinated her profound middle-class urban and cultural interests to the Zionist ideal. Highly recommended for specialist and general reader. Benny Kraut, Judaic Studies Dept., Univ. of Cincinnati
Copyright 1986 Reed Business Information, Inc.
Copyright 1986 Reed Business Information, Inc.
