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title: "The People of Forever Are Not Afraid: A Novel"
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# The People of Forever Are Not Afraid: A Novel

**Brand:** shani boianjiu
**Price:** 7420 som
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- **What is this?** The People of Forever Are Not Afraid: A Novel by shani boianjiu
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## Customer Reviews

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    Tough reality
  

*by I***E on Reviewed in the United States 🇺🇸 on May 2, 2013*

I had read a couple of reviews of this book and was intrigued by an excerpt that I saw on the Times of Israel website. I also read an interview with the author that included her speaking about writing it in English instead of Hebrew.  The choice of language made a difference. I know very little Hebrew, but the cadence was familiar. I can see how someone not familiar with Hebrew at all, or Israeli culture could find this hard going.  The viewpoints of women soldiers are often not heard and I am so impressed with Boianjiu's ability to let us see through her characters' eyes. Some of it is haunting and the theme of remembrance and trauma circulates throughout the book.  Since the author has served, as most Israelis do, the voice was authentic. Her ability to express this unique experience through these very different characters is a stark reminder that each of these soldiers are individual women finding their way in a world that is messy, dangerous, but filled with the the things that young women think about every day. When I am again in Israel, I will see the female soldiers with different eyes.  Tough reading sometimes, but worth the journey with these young women.

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    Entrancing
  

*by R***K on Reviewed in the United States 🇺🇸 on February 18, 2014*

Shani Boianjiu’s outstanding debut novel entrances you with its vision and understanding of modern war. The central story chronicles the lives of three teenage Israeli girls—Yael, Avishag, and Lea—all of them seniors in high school and soon to be conscripted into the army. Brilliantly paced and structured, the novel allows for each of the girl’s distinctive perspectives to emerge. Oftentimes transitioning between the visceral and the surreal, the layering of stories within stories and the interconnectedness among characters over time, place, and events make for an exhilarating narrative that stuns and shocks with the unveiling of each of the girls’ experiences. Boianjiu addresses the fear and uncertainty of the girls and relates how their teetering despair fuels rebellion against their confusion and loneliness. As challenges surface throughout their two years of military service and beyond, their need to feel alive and meaningful in the world becomes obsessive. This need simmers with urgency and gathers into a searing force to confront the outrage of injustice and inhumanity and to achieve the desire to be independent. The People of Forever Are Not Afraid is a stellar literary work, full of energy, aplomb, and humor. It is fierce, enthralling, eye-opening, and ultimately life-affirming as it charts the lives of the three girls on the cusp of womanhood and a future for themselves yearning for direction.

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    Written in Hibrish makes this book bizarre - don't waste your time unless a Linguist
  

*by ש***ל on Reviewed in the United States 🇺🇸 on August 30, 2014*

Shani can certainly write, but the choice to write in a foreign language created a work that is bizarre rather than dull. I will explain:I'm a native speaker of Hebrew though I flatter myself to be a good reader of English. When reading the murmurings of these three uninteresting and indistinguishable protagonists  - I was first drawn by their exotique language. However, at some point I got it - they speak hebrew, crudely translated into English. When translating it back to their (and mine) mother tongue none of the charme remained. It just felt like listening to schoolgirls on the bus.Let me just give you some examples:"The people of forever are not afraid" sounds funny because the mixture of banal language with pompous message. In reality it should have been translated into "The Eternal Nation has no fear (of the long way)".Other plain stupidities such as calling "Mount Scopus" by the name "Mount of the Scouts" serves nothing and seems like an internal pun. And, one last, Tel-Aviv is not situated anywhere near an OCEAN, it is the mediterranean SEA.So why two stars after all?If you take this "Novel" apart and call "Short stories" you will find a few good ones and one fantastic one: "Means of Suppressing Demonstrations": It is well written and very funny. Read this one and nothing else.

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