The Chocolate Deal

by Haim Gouri

Book Overview

A tale of two Jewish friends who meet unexpectedly in a European city that captures the real and remembered experiences of these men and how they resolve their feelings after the Holocaust. This description may be from another edition of this product.

• Format: Hardcover
• ISBN: B001KO0334
• Release Date: January 1968
• Publisher: Holt, Rinehart and Winston
• Weight: 0.65 lbs.

Customer Reviews

An excellent translation of a classic Hebrew novel

Originally published in Hebrew in 1968, after the Eichmann trial. Based somewhat on the author's experiences as a Palestinian (British mandate) Jew who worked in Europe with survivors after WWII. Haim Gouri, a famous Palmach war poet from the 1948 Israeli War of Independence, is a poster child of current secular Israeli Zionism. The novel focuses on two Holocaust survivors, Rubi Krauss and Mordi Neumann, in a post War European city akin to Vienna Austria. One survivor is broken from his experiences, the other maintains his taste for life, success, blackmail and chocolate.