Abstract: Eshkol Nevo, one of the Israel’s most celebrated writers deliberates on the Jewish concepts of home and belonging all through his works. His attempt to define Jewish experience in Israel cannot be limited to a single narrative pattern as it undergoes changes with relation to Israel’s changing views over diaspora, identity and nationality. In Neuland, Nevo conjures the images of young Israelis who are disordered and emotionally detached from the state. The novel is viable to be interpreted in both the ways, one in which the predicament of Jewish unsettlement is high lightened, and the other where an optimistic future of Israel is offered emphasising on the reality of Jewish national attachment. This article attempts to reread Neuland in the later perspective focusing on the author’s emphasise on the reawakening of Jewish national consciousness.
Keywords: Jewish national attachment, wandering, settlement, identity.
Title: The Façade of Wandering Israeli and the Reality of Jewish National Attachment; Revisiting Eshkol Nevo’s Neuland
Author: Neha Soman, Dr. B. Padmanabhan
International Journal of Social Science and Humanities Research
ISSN 2348-3156 (Print), ISSN 2348-3164 (online)
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