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Il carro armato
C’è un vecchio carro armato arrugginito all’ingresso di Degania Alef, un kibbutz sulle sponde del lago di Tiberiade. È stato lasciato lì a perenne memoria di un momento cruciale della storia di Israele. Nel 1948, durante la Guerra d’Indipendenza, quando l’esercito siriano invase la Valle del Giordano intenzionato ad annientare la presenza ebraica in Palestina, Shalom Hochbaum, un membro di Degania, scagliò coraggiosamente una bomba molotov contro il carro armato, fermandone l’avanzata. L’impavida azione di Hochbaum spaventò talmente i siriani a bordo degli altri cingolati da convincerli ad arretrare. Questa è la narrazione ufficiale che per anni è stata raccontata ad ogni studente, turista o semplice visitatore del Kibbutz. Il problema è che Assaf Inbari ha scoperto che ci sono altri quattro uomini che sostengono di aver fermato il carro armato siriano a Degania, e ognuno sembra avere una versione convincente. Chi sta mentendo e perché?
Assaf Inbari ricostruisce le vite di questi cinque sedicenti eroi, ne rievoca carriere e vicissitudini, ne svela aspirazioni e disincanti, prodezze e miserie. Il grande narratore di Verso casa torna a raccontare Israele in un libro che partendo da un rottame di ferro abbandonato ai margini di un kibbutz della Galilea riesce a parlare al mondo intero.
Assaf Inbari ricostruisce le vite di questi cinque sedicenti eroi, ne rievoca carriere e vicissitudini, ne svela aspirazioni e disincanti, prodezze e miserie. Il grande narratore di Verso casa torna a raccontare Israele in un libro che partendo da un rottame di ferro abbandonato ai margini di un kibbutz della Galilea riesce a parlare al mondo intero.
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Published May 12, 2023
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November 28, 2024
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December 2, 2019
אחד הספרים הטובים שקראתי השנה. ספר מפתיע וכמו שהסופר עצמו מציין בספר זה סיפור יהודי על ״חמישה אוחזין״ (ובעצם יותר) בסיפור חיסול הטנק בדגניה להבדיל מסיפור ישראלי שבו יש גיבור אחד. ענברי מספר סיפורים נפלא וסיפור הטנק הוא בעצם אמצעי לסיפור ביוגרפיה יהודית ישראלית. מרתק, קולח, מרגש ומומלץ מאוד
October 31, 2024
4.5 כוכבים.
העלילה על אידי אמין מרתקת מאוד, היה לי קצת קשה להבחין בין הדמויות הראשיות אבל אני מוקסם מהתיזה הספרותית של ענברי ולכן קראתי אותו עם הרבה חסד ונדיבות.
העלילה על אידי אמין מרתקת מאוד, היה לי קצת קשה להבחין בין הדמויות הראשיות אבל אני מוקסם מהתיזה הספרותית של ענברי ולכן קראתי אותו עם הרבה חסד ונדיבות.
December 13, 2022
Another review starting with an experience I acquired on one of my bike rides…….Apparently, mountain bike riding is an important part of my life, and I usually listen to audiobooks while riding.
So, A few months ago while riding in the southern part of the sea of Galilee, we arrived at the entrance of the Degania Alef kibbutz. There stands a rusting Syrian Renault-35 Pre WW2 era light tank that was left there since the Israely war of independence in 1948.
The tank in the entrance of Degania Alef is an important part of the Isrealy myth of winning independence against all odds. In accordance with the myth, the superior Syrian forces, with tanks and airplanes, rolled down from the Golan Heights, aiming to annihilate the northern part of the new state, and were stopped by a handful of defenders at the gate of the kibbutz, with grenades, molotov bottles and a projectile infantry anti tank gun.
But who actually stopped the tank and how? This is an unanswered question to this day.
Assaf Inbari, in his special talent, wove a story around the five men, each of whom claim to be the person who stopped the tank. Each person has his story of the battle, stories that represent the various approaches to zionism and the personal history of the actual fighter. Their life has continued, each has his achievements and disappointments and each has something in his life that changed since that battle at the entrance to Degania Alef. While we are exposed to the personal story of each person, we are exposed to the history of the nation of Israel and the way the country has progressed since it’s independence.
An interesting fusion of fiction and nonfiction surrounding a symbolic chapter of the nation's history.
So, A few months ago while riding in the southern part of the sea of Galilee, we arrived at the entrance of the Degania Alef kibbutz. There stands a rusting Syrian Renault-35 Pre WW2 era light tank that was left there since the Israely war of independence in 1948.
The tank in the entrance of Degania Alef is an important part of the Isrealy myth of winning independence against all odds. In accordance with the myth, the superior Syrian forces, with tanks and airplanes, rolled down from the Golan Heights, aiming to annihilate the northern part of the new state, and were stopped by a handful of defenders at the gate of the kibbutz, with grenades, molotov bottles and a projectile infantry anti tank gun.
But who actually stopped the tank and how? This is an unanswered question to this day.
Assaf Inbari, in his special talent, wove a story around the five men, each of whom claim to be the person who stopped the tank. Each person has his story of the battle, stories that represent the various approaches to zionism and the personal history of the actual fighter. Their life has continued, each has his achievements and disappointments and each has something in his life that changed since that battle at the entrance to Degania Alef. While we are exposed to the personal story of each person, we are exposed to the history of the nation of Israel and the way the country has progressed since it’s independence.
An interesting fusion of fiction and nonfiction surrounding a symbolic chapter of the nation's history.
August 31, 2023
חמש גרסאות לעצירת הטנק הסורי בדגניה 1948 מוצגות כל אחת לחוד על ידי העוצר שמשוכנע שרק הוא זה שעצר. הסיפורים מסופרים אחרי מלחמת יום כיפור ומערבבים את תחושת האכזבה של הגיבורים מהאנשים שזכו בתהילה ללא הצדקה (למשל משה דיין), מהאנשים שעשו לביתם תוך שחיתות וגניבה מהקופה, מהאנשים שתעמרו בהם, מהחפיפניקיות הישראלית.
האכזבה מהאנשים והעייפות ואולי דכאון אחרי מלחמת יום כיפור מורגשת לאורך כל הספר כמו גם האירוניה בכך שגם 25 שנה אחרי 1948 אף אחד לא טרח להפגיש בין הגיבורים.
האכזבה מהאנשים והעייפות ואולי דכאון אחרי מלחמת יום כיפור מורגשת לאורך כל הספר כמו גם האירוניה בכך שגם 25 שנה אחרי 1948 אף אחד לא טרח להפגיש בין הגיבורים.
May 1, 2020
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March 13, 2021
ספר מרתק שמשלב כתיבה היסטורית עם יכולת כתיבה וירטואוזית. ממליצה בחום קראתי בנשימה עצורה
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October 17, 2022
Excellent portrayal of the variegated characters that comprise Israeli reality.
April 14, 2024
I remember nothing from this book, I remember liking the writing but that's about it.
October 1, 2018
Heartfelt tale about heroics and pride with a touch of crazy character driven stories that can only survive in such a uniquely Israeli landscape.
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