By Hilu Alon
Hilu Alon, 2011
ΠΠ΅ΠΉΡΡΠ²ΠΈΠ΅ ΡΠΎΠΌΠ°Π½Π° Β«ΠΠΎΠΌ Π Π°Π΄ΠΆΠ°Π½ΠΈΒ» ΡΠ°Π·Π²ΠΎΡΠ°ΡΠΈΠ²Π°Π΅ΡΡΡ Π² ΠΠ°Π»Π΅ΡΡΠΈΠ½Π΅ 19 Π²Π΅ΠΊΠ° ΠΈ ΠΏΠΎΠ²Π΅ΡΡΠ²ΡΠ΅Ρ ΠΎ ΡΠ»ΠΎΠΆΠ½ΡΡ Π²Π·Π°ΠΈΠΌΠΎΠΎΡΠ½ΠΎΡΠ΅Π½ΠΈΡΡ ΠΌΠ΅ΠΆΠ΄Ρ ΠΌΡΡΡΠ»ΡΠΌΠ°Π½ΠΈΠ½ΠΎΠΌ ΠΈ Π΅Π²ΡΠ΅ΠΉΡΠΊΠΈΠΌ ΠΏΠΎΡΠ΅Π»Π΅Π½ΡΠ΅ΠΌ. Π 1895 Π³ΠΎΠ΄Ρ Π‘Π°Π»Π°Ρ Π Π°Π΄ΠΆΠ°Π½ΠΈ, ΡΠ½ΡΠΉ ΠΌΡΡΡΠ»ΡΠΌΠ°Π½ΠΈΠ½, ΠΆΠΈΠ²ΡΡΠΈΠΉ Π² ΡΡΠ°ΡΠΈΠ½Π½ΠΎΠΌ ΠΏΠΎΠΌΠ΅ΡΡΡΠ΅, Π²ΠΈΠ΄ΠΈΡ ΡΡΠ΅Π²ΠΎΠΆΠ½ΡΠ΅ ΡΠ½Ρ ΠΎ Π³ΡΡΠ΄ΡΡΠΈΡ Π±Π΅Π΄ΡΡΠ²ΠΈΡΡ . ΠΠ³ΠΎ ΠΆΠΈΠ·Π½Ρ ΠΌΠ΅Π½ΡΠ΅ΡΡΡ Ρ ΠΏΡΠΈΠ΅Π·Π΄ΠΎΠΌ ΠΡΠ°Π°ΠΊΠ° ΠΡΠΌΠΈΠ½ΡΠΊΠΎΠ³ΠΎ, ΠΌΠΎΠ»ΠΎΠ΄ΠΎΠ³ΠΎ Π΅Π²ΡΠ΅ΠΉΡΠΊΠΎΠ³ΠΎ ΠΏΠΎΡΠ΅Π»Π΅Π½ΡΠ°, ΡΡΡΠ΅ΠΌΡΡΠ΅Π³ΠΎΡΡ Π·Π°Π²Π»Π°Π΄Π΅ΡΡ Π·Π΅ΠΌΠ»ΡΠΌΠΈ Π Π°Π΄ΠΆΠ°Π½ΠΈ ΠΈ Π·Π°Π²ΠΎΠ΅Π²Π°ΡΡ ΡΠ΅ΡΠ΄ΡΠ΅ ΠΌΠ°ΡΠ΅ΡΠΈ Π‘Π°Π»Π°Ρ Π°, ΠΡΠΈΡΡ. ΠΡΡΠΆΠ±Π° ΠΌΠ΅ΠΆΠ΄Ρ Π‘Π°Π»Π°Ρ ΠΎΠΌ ΠΈ ΠΡΠ°Π°ΠΊΠΎΠΌ ΡΠ°Π·Π²ΠΈΠ²Π°Π΅ΡΡΡ Π½Π° ΡΠΎΠ½Π΅ ΠΌΠ΅Π½ΡΡΡΠ΅Π³ΠΎΡΡ ΠΌΠΈΡΠ°, Π³Π΄Π΅ ΠΏΠ΅ΡΠ΅ΠΏΠ»Π΅ΡΠ°ΡΡΡΡ Π»ΡΠ±ΠΎΠ²Ρ, ΡΠ΅ΡΡΡ ΠΈ ΠΏΡΠ΅Π΄Π°ΡΠ΅Π»ΡΡΡΠ²ΠΎ.
Π ΠΎΠΌΠ°Π½ ΠΈΡΡΠ»Π΅Π΄ΡΠ΅Ρ ΡΠ΅ΠΌΡ ΠΈΠ΄Π΅Π½ΡΠΈΡΠ½ΠΎΡΡΠΈ, ΡΠ΅Π»ΠΈΠ³ΠΈΠΎΠ·Π½ΠΎΠΉ Π½Π΅ΡΠ΅ΡΠΏΠΈΠΌΠΎΡΡΠΈ ΠΈ ΡΡΠΎΠ»ΠΊΠ½ΠΎΠ²Π΅Π½ΠΈΡ ΠΊΡΠ»ΡΡΡΡ. Π§Π΅ΡΠ΅Π· ΠΏΡΠΈΠ·ΠΌΡ Π»ΠΈΡΠ½ΡΡ ΠΈΡΡΠΎΡΠΈΠΉ Π°Π²ΡΠΎΡ ΠΏΠΎΠΊΠ°Π·ΡΠ²Π°Π΅Ρ ΠΏΠΎΠ»ΠΈΡΠΈΡΠ΅ΡΠΊΠΈΠ΅ ΠΈ ΡΠΎΡΠΈΠ°Π»ΡΠ½ΡΠ΅ ΠΈΠ·ΠΌΠ΅Π½Π΅Π½ΠΈΡ, ΠΏΡΠΎΠΈΡΡ ΠΎΠ΄ΡΡΠΈΠ΅ Π² ΠΠ°Π»Π΅ΡΡΠΈΠ½Π΅ Π² ΠΊΠΎΠ½ΡΠ΅ 19 Π²Π΅ΠΊΠ°. Π§ΠΈΡΠ°ΡΠ΅Π»Ρ ΠΏΠΎΠ³ΡΡΠΆΠ°Π΅ΡΡΡ Π² ΠΌΠΈΡ, Π³Π΄Π΅ ΡΡΠ°Π΄ΠΈΡΠΈΠΈ ΡΡΠ°Π»ΠΊΠΈΠ²Π°ΡΡΡΡ Ρ ΡΠΎΠ²ΡΠ΅ΠΌΠ΅Π½Π½ΠΎΡΡΡΡ, Π° Π»ΠΈΡΠ½ΡΠ΅ Π΄ΡΠ°ΠΌΡ ΡΠ°Π·Π²ΠΎΡΠ°ΡΠΈΠ²Π°ΡΡΡΡ Π½Π° ΡΠΎΠ½Π΅ ΠΈΡΡΠΎΡΠΈΡΠ΅ΡΠΊΠΈΡ ΡΠΎΠ±ΡΡΠΈΠΉ.
Hilu Alon, 2011
Set in 19th-century Palestine, 'The House of Rajani' explores the intricate relationships between a Muslim boy and a Jewish settler amidst a backdrop of political and social change. In 1895, Salah Rajani, a young Muslim living in a dilapidated mansion, experiences unsettling visions of impending disasters. His life takes a turn with the arrival of Isaac Luminsky, a dynamic Jewish settler who desires the Rajani estate's fertile lands and Salah's mother, Afifa. Their friendship unfolds against a backdrop of shifting cultural landscapes, where love, honor, and betrayal intertwine.
The novel delves into themes of identity, religious intolerance, and cultural clashes. Through personal narratives, the author portrays the political and social transformations occurring in Palestine during the late 19th century. Readers are immersed in a world where tradition meets modernity, and personal dramas unfold against the backdrop of historical events. The story is told through the journals of the two main characters, offering opposing perspectives on the events that unfold.