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I brought this book back in September 2015 due some reference to the story The Way of the Wind in something else I read at the time (although even looking back through this blog not share exactly what that was). And finally got around to reading the rest of it…
These stories are full of emotional charge, exploring the complexities of relationships, the struggles around identity (although whether ‘identity’ would have been the term back in the 1960s when they were written), and the sense of place. The kibbutz setting of most of the stories brings much of this into sharp relief – it is setting where the sense of community and of purpose is strong, and so any dislocation can as a result become intense.
Do these stories have a message? It is a subtle one, about the human experience rather than a straight forwardly political one.
These are stories that linger in the mind, so well crafted that they draw you in and make you feel the emotions of the participants.
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