Its an Experience!!!. Review on Exodus - Leon Uris

This book will take you along a memorable journey of struggle, hardships, of love and valour, and on this journey you will be with characters like Ari Ben Cannan, Kitty Fermont, Karen, Dov and numerous others and I assure you that you will share all their emotions. You will cry, feel sad, feel anger..... in short you will have a memorable experience.

And thats what exodus is - its an Experience!!

Exodus was a sensation when it was published.It is set against the background of the struggle for a Jewish homeland in Israel. The novel was translated into dozens of languages.

Leon Uris has said that'''Exodus' has been the Bible of the Jewish dissident movement in Russia. It's referred to as 'The Book.'''

Exodus even though it has a very complicated plot and deals with a sensitive time in history is easy to understand, and does not digress from the point. Leon Uris describes beautifully the struggle for creating a Jewish state, the desire of Palestinian Arabs for their separate state, the politics of the British colonial system with the Jews and the Arabs, horrifying details of Hitler’s concentration camps.

The book is a great read!!!! Each and every single character has been desribed so beautifully that they all leave a lasting impression. You feel their pain their loss, you can relate to them. Even 8 years after reading the book I have an impression on Ari Ben Cannon, I cried with him when he did, of Kitty and Karen. Every thread in this plot is well woven.. well thought of and beautifully presented.

I can go on and on about the book, even writing this review is a pleasure because as I write I remember.... and I think I just may start reading the book once again!!!!