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Black Elephants
Karol Nielsen
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Description for Black Elephants
Paperback. Paints a poignant and harrowing picture of love during wartime Num Pages: 240 pages. BIC Classification: 1FB; BM; WTL. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 5487 x 3556 x 15. Weight in Grams: 286.
An aspiring writer and reporter, Karol Nielsen went trekking through the Peruvian Andes at the height of the Shining Path terror, looking for adventure and a good story. She found Aviv, an Israeli traveler fresh out of his mandatory military service—a war-weary veteran of the first intifada—dreaming about peace. Black Elephants follows this idealistic pair as they explore the Americas, until Aviv, inexorably drawn to his homeland, asks Karol to come with him to Israel. There, the couple’s lovingly laid plans—for Aviv to attend university, and for Karol to work on a kibbutz, study Hebrew, and get to know his ... Read more
An aspiring writer and reporter, Karol Nielsen went trekking through the Peruvian Andes at the height of the Shining Path terror, looking for adventure and a good story. She found Aviv, an Israeli traveler fresh out of his mandatory military service—a war-weary veteran of the first intifada—dreaming about peace. Black Elephants follows this idealistic pair as they explore the Americas, until Aviv, inexorably drawn to his homeland, asks Karol to come with him to Israel. There, the couple’s lovingly laid plans—for Aviv to attend university, and for Karol to work on a kibbutz, study Hebrew, and get to know his ... Read more
Product Details
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2011
Publisher
Bison Original United States
Number of pages
240
Condition
New
Number of Pages
240
Place of Publication
Nebraska, United States
ISBN
9780803235373
SKU
V9780803235373
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About Karol Nielsen
Karol Nielsen has contributed to Smith Magazine’s The Moment anthology and other publications, including the New York Times, New York Newsday, Jane’s Intelligence Review, Guernica, Lumina, and Epiphany—before she became nonfiction editor of the magazine. Excerpts from this memoir were selected as Notable Essays in The Best American Essays. Her poetry collection was a finalist for the Colorado Prize for ... Read more
Reviews for Black Elephants
“Karol Nielsen presents a complex love story for our time, one that plumbs the depths of war and terror while exploring the impact of violence on the human psyche and relationships. Black Elephants is forthright, searching, wistful, and full of heart.”—Sonya Huber, author of Opa Nobody “Impeccably researched and luminous in its attention to detail, this memoir is a devastating ... Read more