Close, close beneath the land I had once rooted myself in and loved, lay a land filled with violence, injustice and hatred
On 22 April 1962 what remains of Göran Rosenberg's family embark from his native Sweden to make Israel their new home. Transplanted into a nation born only a few months before him, he is first enchanted by its vitality, imprinted by its ideals. It marks the beginning of a lifetime's journey across the promised land and into its past, a reckoning with the utopian visions and desperate fears that went into Zionism as well as the violence and dispossession of its realization. This landmark book tells the story of that journey - through buried stories and erased villages, dreams and disillusionments, and the histories still unfurling today.
| ISBN: | 9780241795712 |
| Publication date: | 29th January 2026 |
| Author: | Göran Rosenberg |
| Publisher: | Penguin Classics an imprint of Penguin Books Ltd |
| Format: | Paperback |
| Pagination: | 384 pages |
| Series: | Penguin Modern Classics |
| Genres: |
Memoirs Violence, intolerance and persecution in history Genocide and ethnic cleansing Reportage, journalism or collected columns |
Close, close beneath the land I had once rooted myself in and loved, lay a land filled with violence, injustice and hatred
On 22 April 1962 what remains of Göran Rosenberg's family embark from his native Sweden to make Israel their new home. Transplanted into a nation born only a few months before him, he is first enchanted by its vitality, imprinted by its ideals. It marks the beginning of a lifetime's journey across the promised land and into its past, a reckoning with the utopian visions and desperate fears that went into Zionism as well as the violence and dispossession of its realization. This landmark book tells the story of that journey - through buried stories and erased villages, dreams and disillusionments, and the histories still unfurling today.
Israel features in the following genres: Memoirs, Violence, intolerance and persecution in history, Genocide and ethnic cleansing, Reportage, journalism or collected columns
Israel is available in Paperback
Israel was written by Göran Rosenberg and published by Penguin Classics an imprint of Penguin Books Ltd
Israel has 384 pages
Yes it is part of Penguin Modern Classics series
£11.69