This colourful story, based on autobiographical experiences, tells of a group of immigrant youngsters from Iraq, Romania, Morocco and Poland who came to Israel in the 1950s. Living and studying on a kibbutz, their shocking encounters with this new way of life turn into a conflict between two cultures, East and West.The events described in this absorbing novel portray a time of great change in the values impression on Israeli life and produced the anger and protest which resulted in the social and political revolutions of the 1970s and 80’s.Readers who have moved from one society to another – be it country to country or culture to culture – or have ever felt like outsiders, will find themeselves in this novel.Scapegoat, first published in Hebrew, has been a best-seller in Israel and was awarded the Youth Aliya Prize for Literature and the Jewish World Literature Prize from Mexico.Some reviews of the best-selling Hebrew edition:‘In Scapegoat I found everything one looks for in an excellent novel.’Amos Oz‘An outstanding novel, among the most beautiful I have read in Hebrew recently.’Ha’aretz‘One does not read such a book everyday. Live and bubbly characters. An artistic description of reality…A “must” book for everyone.’Yoram Kaniuk, Ma’ariv‘One of the most important books written in Israel recently.’ Yoram Peri, Davar

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