Revenge: A Story of Hope

Revenge: A Story of Hope

by Laura Blumenfeld (Author)

Synopsis

In 1986, Laura Blumenfeld's father was shot in Jerusalem by a member of a rebel faction of the PLO responsible for attacks on several tourists in the Old City. Her father lived, but Blumenfeld's desire for revenge haunted her. This is her story. Traveling to Europe, America, and the Middle East, Blumenfeld gathers stories and methods of avengers worldwide as she plots to infiltrate the shooter's life. Through interviews with Yitzhak Rabin's assassin; with members of the Albanian Blood Feud Committee; the chief of the Iranian judiciary; the mayor of Palermo, Sicily; an Egyptian heroin smuggler; the Israeli prime minister and the military chief of staff; priests; sports fans; fifth-grade girls; and prostitutes, among others, she explores the mechanics and the psychology of vengeance. But ultimately it is a journey that leads her back home -- where she is forced to confront her childhood dreams, her parents' failed marriage, and her ideas about family. In the end, her target turns out to be more complex -- and in some ways more threatening -- than the stereotypical terrorist she'd long imagined. A rare, ambitious, personal, and intellectual tour of dark urges often denied, "Revenge: A Story of Hope" is a beautifully written story about family, loyalty, and home, about the personal passions behind public events, and about the thin line between love and hate.

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Format: Hardcover
Pages: 384
Publisher: Simon & Schuster
Published: Apr 2002

ISBN 10: 0684853167
ISBN 13: 9780684853161

Media Reviews
Elie Wiesel Written with great sensitivity and compassion, Laura Blumenfeld's Revenge -- an exploration of human responses to extreme suffering and evil -- is a remarkable suspense story; it will enrich and inspire its many readers.