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Fine. No dust jacket. Text in French, English. Sewn binding. Cloth over boards. 273 p. Audience: General/trade. No previous owner's name. Clean, tight pages No bent corners. No remainder mark.
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Very Good. Very Good condition. Very Good dust jacket. A copy that may have a few cosmetic defects. May also contain a few markings such as an owner's name, short gifter's inscription or light stamp.
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Fine in Very Good jacket. First edition. Fine in very good plus dustwrapper. Dustwrapper rubbed. Please Note: This book has been transferred to Between the Covers from another database and might not be described to our usual standards. Please inquire for more detailed condition information.
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Very good, very good. 24 cm, 273, index, p. 140 creased. Translation of: Le fou et les rois. Personal memoirs and political history. The author discusses his birth in the Warsaw Ghetto on the eve of World War II, his escape to Russia when the Germans invaded, and his staunch support and fierce advocacy of Arab rights over the past 30 years.
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Mary Holden (front cover photograph) Very good in Very good jacket. 24 cm. viii, 273, [7] pages. Index. Marek Halter is a French-Jewish writer and activist, known best for his historical novels, which have been translated into English, Polish, Hebrew, and many other languages. In 1968, he founded together with his wife, Clara Halter, the magazine Élements, which published equally works by Israeli, Palestinian, and Arab writers. His first book, a political autobiography, Le Fou et les Rois (The Jester and the Kings) was awarded the Prix Aujourd'hui in 1976. Other works include The Messiah, The Mysteries of Jerusalem, The Book of Abraham (1986) and its sequel, The Children of Abraham (1990), The Wind of the Khazars (2003)-a piece of historical fiction about the Khazars, a nomadic kingdom of Turkic people in the Caucasus who converted to Judaism-, Sarah (2004), Zipporah (2005), Lilah (2006), and Mary of Nazareth (2008). Personal memoirs and political history, from Halter's birth in the Warsaw Ghetto, his escape to Russia, and his staunch advocacy of Arab rights over the past 30 years. Derived from Publisher's Weekly: Halter became a highly regarded Paris-based artist. This vivid autobiography, describing his experiences as an exiled Jew in Russia, Uzbekistan and now in France, centers on his ceaseless struggle to help bring peace to the Middle East. Halter and his wife formed a group of intellectuals who tried to succeed where diplomats and soldiers had failed: in setting up favorable conditions for dialogue between Arabs and Israelis. In their magazine Elements, in political conferences and in visits to Israel and the Arab countries, they provided forums for such conversations. Halter's fast-moving account of his meetings with De Gaulle, Mendes-France, Ben-Gurion, Golda Meir, Dayan, Begin, Heykal, Sadat, Sana Hasan, Arafat and other leaders swings between hope and despair but is always heartfelt.
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Mary Holden (Front cover photograph) Very good in Very good jacket. viii, 273, [7] pages. DJ has minor wear and soiling. Includes chapters on In the Name of Memory; An Uncommon Childhood; The Race against Death; Doing Something; Golda Meir--First Meeting; Elements; The Mysterious Liu Kuang-ya; Ben-Gurion; May 1968; Aragon and Elsa; Conference in Paris; Clara in Beirut, October 1969; East Berlin; Fouad El Shamali; Operation Eliav--Early 1970; "Where will you ride to sir? ''; The Artist and Politics; Does Peace Come by way of Rome? ; Mendes-France's "Little Plot"; Hope in Cairo; The Half-Victory; A Missed Appointment in London; From Harvard to Cairo; Yom Kippur; An Egyptian Woman in Israel; Time Out; Peace At Last? ; Reconquering Memory; Hope in Spite of Everything; and The Tunis Affair. Also includes Index. His first book, a political autobiography, Le Fou et les Rois (The Jester and the Kings) was awarded the Prix Aujourd'hui in 1976. From 1951, when he first visited Israel, until today, Marek Halter has been both a staunch supporter of Israel and, at the same time, a fierce advocate of Arab rights. An Impossible position? Difficult, surely, but as this moving memoir shows, not impossible. This eloquent work offers both a political history of those three turbulent decades and a personal memoir attesting to the fact that one man, armed only with conviction and desire, can help change the face of history. Marek Halter is a French writer and activist, known best for his historical novels, which have been translated into English, Polish, Hebrew, and many other languages. He was born in Warsaw, Poland in 1936. During World War II, he and his parents escaped from the Warsaw Ghetto and fled to the Soviet Union, spending the remainder of the war in Ukraine, Moscow and finally in Kokand, in Uzbekistan. In 1946 the family returned to Poland and in 1950, they emigrated to France, taking up residence in Paris. He studied pantomime under Marcel Marceau. He was admitted to the École nationale des beaux-arts to study painting. In 1954, he received the Deauville international prize, and was also awarded a prize at the Biennale d'Ancone. His first international exhibit was in 1955 in Buenos Aires, and he remained in that city for 2 years, returning to France in 1957, where he engaged in political journalism and advocacy. Derived from a Kirkus review: A recounting of his efforts over the years to promote Arab-Israeli understanding. Here is the depiction of a man obsessed with bringing about an Arab-Israeli rapprochement. Many of the pages deal with missed opportunities, unfulfilled initiatives, chronic misunderstandings. Some of the most effective passages relate to the student riots that swept Paris in 1968. Here, Halter is able to capture in telling images the excitement and idealistic strivings of the time. Elsewhere, his book is interesting as a self-portrait of a dedicated man.
