The Haj av Leon Uris

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<p>Leon Uris''s world-bestselling novel <i>Exodus</i> became a profound influence on thoughts and feelings about the state of Israel.In <i>The Haj</i>, the author once again portrays a tormented nation through its living people.<br><br>Haj Ibrahim - known as the Haj - is leader of the small but strategically placed village of Tabah.Sworn enemy - and secret friend - of Gideon Asch, Israeli settler, pioneer, fighter, the Haj and his men are seen first in all their false courage and manic ambition.Theirs is a world of oaths, blood, death and vengeance.But then his association with Asch takes him elsewhere - into diplomacy, and towards leadership of another kind...<br><br>In <i>Exodus</i>, Leon Uris told of the birth of a new nation.In <i>The Haj</i>, he foretells the death of a race, of a faith, of peoples who have no greater enemies than themselves, in a novel that is as violent and turbulent as the times in which we live...</p>