Lover, Traitor: A Jerusalem Story

by Anna Mitgutsch and Mitgutsch

Devorah, an Austrian Jew, travels to Jerusalem in search of her family history, and she soon becomes romantically involved with a young Palestinian whom she suspects may be using her for political... This description may be from another edition of this product.

• Format: Hardcover
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0805041745
• ISBN13: 9780805041743
• Release Date: January 1997
• Publisher: Metropolitan Books
• Length: 211 Pages
• Weight: 0.85 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.8" x 5.8" x 8.5"

Customer Reviews

An Inside View of the Intifada

Although it was published seven years ago, this hauntingly prescient novel about intimate and political relations between Israelis and Palestinians provides the reader with both a very satisfying literary experience and an insight into the roots of the current conflict in the Holy Land. Mitgutsch's story centers around a European Jewish woman's search for a lost relative in Israel. Although she never finds her great aunt who was most likely killed during the Holocaust, Devorah discovers how the diversity of people and culture that comprise Jerusalem makes this timeless city as fascinating and mysterious as it is treacherous. Against this backdrop Mitgutsch creates a story of passion and betrayal as Devorah gets into a shady relationship with a much younger man whose ambiguous background and terrorist friends almost make her an accomplice in a terrorist plot. Mitgutsch's masterful exploration of how political intrigue intersects with personal tragedy makes her novel one of the most worthwhile reads in contemporary fiction. Not surprisingly, this novel was a finalist for the National Jewish Book Award.