| Title:
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LION'S HONEY
THE MYTH OF SAMSON |
| By: |
David Grossman, Stuart Schoffman (Trans) |
| Format: |
Paperback |
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£9.99 |
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| ISBN 10: |
1841959235 |
| ISBN 13: |
9781841959238 |
| Publisher: |
CANONGATE BOOKS LTD |
| Pub. date: |
3 May, 2007 |
| Edition: |
Main |
| Series: |
Myths |
| Pages: |
192 |
| Translated from: |
Hebrew |
| Description: |
Revisits Samson's famous battle with the lion, his many women and his betrayal by them all, including the only one he ever loved. This title reveals the journey of a single, lonely and tortured soul who never found a true home in world, who was uncomfortable in his very body and who, some might say, was the precursor of today's suicide bombers. |
| Synopsis: |
In Lion's Honey, award-winning writer David Grossman takes on one of the most vivid and controversial characters in the Bible. Revisiting Samson's famous battle with the lion, his many women and his betrayal by them all, including the only one he ever loved. Grossman gives us a provocative new take on the story and its climax, Samson's final act of death, brining down a temple on himself and three thousand Philistines.In exhilarating and lucid prose, Grossman reveals the journey of a single, lonely and tortured soul who never found a true home in the world, who was uncomfortable in his very body and who, some might say, was the precursor of today's suicide bombers. |
| Publication: |
UK |
| Imprint: |
Canongate Books Ltd |
| Returns: |
Returnable |