I will write more when I finish it.
Jerusalem from the highest point above it - The Samuel Tomb.It is interesting to see that the book has finally gave rise to a movie
"O Jerusalem"
The post written in London.
Thursday, May 14, 2009
O Jerusalem !
My second reading of amazing book "O Jerusalem !" by Dominique Lapierre and Larry Colins overlapped with my second visit to Jerusalem. I read it couple of years ago, but after my last two visits to this eternal city, the reading of it is an entirely different experience...
I will write more when I finish it.
Jerusalem from the highest point above it - The Samuel Tomb.
It is interesting to see that the book has finally gave rise to a movie
"O Jerusalem"
The post written in London.
I will write more when I finish it.
Jerusalem from the highest point above it - The Samuel Tomb.It is interesting to see that the book has finally gave rise to a movie
"O Jerusalem"
The post written in London.
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Thanks for this - it will be good to hear what you find on the second reading. It seems like an important book in these times.
ReplyDeleteYour photo gives such a sense of place and time.
The movie link was a great touch - I found the DVD to rent!
Yes, it seems to be important again...
ReplyDeleteBTW, the place on the photo (called also Nebi Samuel) was very important strategic point during Arab-Israeli Wars, both in 1948 and in 1967. I did not know these facts when I was there. Thanks to the book, I now know.
Another place of such importance near Jerusalem is Latrun - the old Trapist monastery on the road between Tel Aviv and Jerusalem.
Well, more soon - I should finish the book this week :-)