שכול וכשלון Breakdown and Bereavement

יוסף חיים ברנר Yosef Haim Brenner

Read by Omri Lernau

(5 stars; 3 reviews)

Breakdown and Bereavement, first published in 1920, is the story of a young Jewish immigrant in Palestine in the early 20th century. Like many of Yosef Haim Brenner's protagonists, Hefetz finds that pioneer life under Ottoman rule is a difficult and depressing path to a Zionist homeland. Brenner, himself a Russian-born immigrant to Palestine, was one of the first and most important authors of modern Hebrew literature. He was killed during the Jaffa riots of 1921. (Summary by LA Walden) (12 hr 22 min)