Book description
When his Uncle Hizkel is arrested, Kabi and his family face an
uncertain future as do all Jews living in 1950s' Baghdad. Each member
of Kabi's circle has a different dream: his mother wants to return to
the Moslem quarter where she felt safer; his father wants to emigrate
to Israel and grow rice there while Salim, his headmaster, wants Arabs
and Jews to be equal, and Abu Edouard just wants to continue to care
for his beloved doves.
Eli Amir was born in Baghdad in 1937 and left for Israel in 1950. A
prize-winning author, he is also a social activist, once saying in Cairo
“How can there be peace without us knowing each other?” Born in New York
City in 1939, Hillel Halkin has lived in Israel since 1970, working as a
translator, journalist, and author. Considered the leading
Hebrew-English and Yiddish-English translator, he has translated over 50
works of fiction, poetry, and drama.
