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Smith's Gazelle is an adventure story by Lionel Davidson. First edition published in the UK by Jonathan Cape in 1971. Cover design by Bill Botten. Plot summary. An old Bedouin and two boys, one Jewish and the other Arab, have a miraculous adventure in the Israeli desert during the Six-Day War. References
Tongue in cheek novel about Arab/Israeli differences, focused on a herd of rare gazelles, farmed in a remote ravine by a primitive native of the Sinai. Will the rare Smith's Gazelle survive and thrive? Or will it perish at the hands of the hungry Bedouin? Or get blown up by a minefield on the Israeli boundary? An amusing quick read.
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Dec 31, 2014 · SMITH'S GAZELLE by Lionel Davidson. Publication date 1972-01-01 Publisher Book Club Associates Collection inlibrary; printdisabled; internetarchivebooks Contributor
Sep 18, 2009 · Davidson, an Englishman and an Israeli, sets his story in Israel, as his protagonists collaborate with an Israeli officer in trying to locate a rare species of gazelle that they are not sure even still exists.
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Summary. ‘Beautiful, lyrical, sensitive and meaningful . . . It deserves to be read and re-read.’. Los Angeles Times. Two deadly enemies – a young Arab rebel and a Jewish runaway – meet in a remote valley to begin a quest. Both have been taught since infancy to hate; to attack for self-defence.
May 21, 2015 · Smith's Gazelle succeeds on many levels - as the story of Bedu and kibbutzim co-existing as children, fighting as adults; as the story of an endangered specie whose fragile durability is emblematic of the shared hopes of the common people in disputed land; as a story of conservation and nature.
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Gripping, exciting and incredibly poignant, Smith's Gazelle is an intriguing thriller from a master of the genre.
