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  <title><![CDATA[The Yellow Wind: With a New Afterword by the Author]]></title>
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  <default_description>The Israeli novelist David Grossmans impassioned account of what he observed on the West Bank in early 1987not only the misery of the Palestinian refugees and their deep-seated hatred of the Israelis but also the cost of occupation for both occupier and occupiedis an intimate and urgent moral report on one of the great tragedies of our time. The Yellow Wind is essential reading for anyone who seeks a deeper understanding of Israel today.</default_description>
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  <original_publication_year type="integer">1988</original_publication_year>
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      <name><![CDATA[David Grossman]]></name>
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  <read_at>Sat Jul 11 00:00:00 -0700 2009</read_at>
  <date_added>Fri Jul 17 12:09:16 -0700 2009</date_added>
  <date_updated>Fri Jul 17 12:18:55 -0700 2009</date_updated>
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    <body><![CDATA[In this book, Grossman describes several interviews he had with people in Israel &amp; Palestine, both Jews and Arabs, from just about every perspective you can imagine. I read this book for a class in Intercultural Communication. <br/><br/>In reading this book, the stories behind the headlines become...<a href="http://www.goodreads.com/review/show/63879808">more...</a>]]></body>
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    <review id="21372468">
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  <read_at>Thu May 08 00:00:00 -0700 2008</read_at>
  <date_added>Wed Apr 30 21:26:27 -0700 2008</date_added>
  <date_updated>Mon May 12 15:43:19 -0700 2008</date_updated>
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    <body><![CDATA[I have never been able to approach the Arab-Israeli conflict, or even begin to understand it, and as a Jew I always felt I should. On numerous occasions I tried to delve into it through books and articles but nothing ever made sense, and nothing ever stuck. Then, I ran into an article in the Atlanti...<a href="http://www.goodreads.com/review/show/21372468">more...</a>]]></body>
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  <date_added>Wed Sep 02 18:24:30 -0700 2009</date_added>
  <date_updated>Wed Sep 02 18:24:30 -0700 2009</date_updated>
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    <body><![CDATA[Grossman's normal genre is fiction, but he ventures into nonfiction here to discuss Israel's occupation.  He's no good at this genre, either.  Maybe we'll get lucky and he'll take up coquetting or needlepoint next time.  ]]></body>
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  <read_at>Fri Jan 01 00:00:00 -0800 1999</read_at>
  <date_added>Wed Dec 05 06:10:23 -0800 2007</date_added>
  <date_updated>Wed Dec 05 06:19:14 -0800 2007</date_updated>
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    <body><![CDATA[Eye opening.  Ground breaking.  Startlingly honest.  I read this years ago but really need to revisit in the context of the death of Grossman's son who died serving in the Israeli military during the Lebanese raids last year &lt;http://www.guardian.co.uk/g2/story/0,,1850908,00.html&gt;. Grossman's e...<a href="http://www.goodreads.com/review/show/9971853">more...</a>]]></body>
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    <review id="63153513">
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  <read_at>Sat Nov 21 00:00:00 -0800 2009</read_at>
  <date_added>Sun Jul 12 09:46:30 -0700 2009</date_added>
  <date_updated>Sun Nov 22 12:05:06 -0800 2009</date_updated>
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    <body><![CDATA[Each chapter is a person or group's view on the Israeli occupation of the Palestinian territories.  The opinions and speakers are varied.  For example, the person interviewed in chapter 8 expressed the need to remember that the Palestinians will be the Israelis' neighbors someday and that even thoug...<a href="http://www.goodreads.com/review/show/63153513">more...</a>]]></body>
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    <review id="52485542">
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  <read_at>Mon Apr 13 00:00:00 -0700 2009</read_at>
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  <date_updated>Mon Apr 13 07:23:52 -0700 2009</date_updated>
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    <body><![CDATA[Very disturbing.  See mini-review at <a rel="nofollow" target="_blank" href="http://relaxandhavefun.com/?p=315">http://relaxandhavefun.com/?p=315</a>]]></body>
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    <review id="2903150">
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  <date_updated>Fri Jul 27 10:49:38 -0700 2007</date_updated>
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    <body><![CDATA[Recommended to me by a friend from kibbutz, this ambitious journalistic look at the Israeli-Palestinian conflict is the the best I've read on the topic. What's most amazing--and perhaps most disappointing--is that, while The Yellow Wind was written some twenty years ago, the injustices and tragedies...<a href="http://www.goodreads.com/review/show/2903150">more...</a>]]></body>
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    <review id="24637621">
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  <date_updated>Mon Jun 16 13:00:05 -0700 2008</date_updated>
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    <body><![CDATA[This was an eye-opener. It made me really angry and upset and more knowledgeable about the Israel-Palestine conflict. This is a must-read for anyone who cares to know about the mental state of various beleaguered Palestinians and Israelis.]]></body>
    <url><![CDATA[http://www.goodreads.com/review/show/24637621]]></url>
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    <review id="27167152">
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    <body><![CDATA[This is a moving tale of how the Palestinians and Israelis live on the same land.  Grossman has published updated versions of this book twice over two decades.  ]]></body>
    <url><![CDATA[http://www.goodreads.com/review/show/27167152]]></url>
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    <body><![CDATA[An Israeli man learns Arabic and starts to interview Palestinians.  I recall it as a moving and beautiful book -- mostly.]]></body>
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    <review id="9179607">
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    <body><![CDATA[IF you want to learn more about the Israeli/ Palestinian situation, read this book. So, so, so good. ]]></body>
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    <body><![CDATA[Sokatch suggested.]]></body>
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