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Lion's Honey David Grossman

Lion's Honey By David Grossman

Lion's Honey by David Grossman


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Summary

Presents a tale of Samson: the battle with the lion; the three hundred burning foxes; the women he bedded and the one woman that he loved; his betrayal by all the women in his life, from his mother to Delilah; and, in the end, his murderous suicide, when he brought the house down on himself and three thousand Philistines.

Lion's Honey Summary

Lion's Honey: The Myth of Samson by David Grossman

'Let my soul die with the Philistines.' Samson the hero; a brave warrior, leader of men and Nazarite of God? Or a misfit given to whoring and lust, who failed to fulfil his destiny? In Lion's Honey, award-winning writer David Grossman takes on one of the most vivid and controversial characters in the Bible. Revisting 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, bringing 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.

Lion's Honey Reviews

Extraordinary, ground-breaking, empowering. * * Guardian * *
A writer of passionate honesty, unafraid to ask terrible questions. * * Nadine Gordimer * *
One of contemporary literature's most versatile and absorbing writers. * * San Francisco Chronicle * *
A writer who has been one of the most original and talented not only in his own country but anywhere. * * New York Times Book Review * *

About David Grossman

David Grossman is a leading Israeli writer whose work has been translated into 25 languages. He is author of six internationally acclaimed novels and a number of children's books. Grossman has been presented with numerous awards including the Chevalier de l'Ordre des Arts et des Lettres (France). He lives with his wife and children in a suburb of Jerusalem.

Additional information

GOR004997690
9781841957715
1841957712
Lion's Honey: The Myth of Samson by David Grossman
Used - Very Good
Paperback
Canongate Books
20060601
192
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