{"product_id":"beaufort-paperback","title":"Beaufort - Paperback","description":"\u003cp\u003eby \u003cb\u003eRon Leshem\u003c\/b\u003e (Author), \u003cb\u003eEvan Fallenberg\u003c\/b\u003e (Translator)\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003ci\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/i\u003eBeaufort. To the handful of Israeli soldiers occupying the ancient crusader fortress, it is a little slice of hell--a forbidding, fear-soaked enclave perched atop two acres of land in southern Lebanon, surrounded by an enemy they cannot see. And to the thirteen young men in his command, twenty-one-year-old Lieutenant Liraz \"Erez\" Liberti is a taskmaster, confessor, and the only hope in the face of attacks that come out of nowhere and of missions seemingly designed to get them all killed. But in their stony haven, Erez and his soldiers have created their own little world, their own rules, their own language. And here Erez listens to his men build castles out of words, telling stories, telling lies, talking incessantly of women, sex, and dead comrades. Until, in the final days of the occupation, Erez and his squad of fed-up, pissed-off, frightened young soldiers are given one last order: a mission that will shatter all remaining illusions--and stand as a testament to the universal, gut-wrenching futility of war. \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cb\u003eThe basis for the Academy Award-nominated film of the same name. \u003c\/b\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003ch3\u003eAuthor Biography\u003c\/h3\u003e\u003cp\u003eRon Leshem is deputy director in charge of programming at Channel Two, Israel's main commercial television network. \u003cb\u003eBeaufort\u003c\/b\u003e won the Sapir Prize--Israel's top literary award--in 2006. The film version of \u003cb\u003eBeaufort\u003c\/b\u003e\u003ci\u003e, \u003c\/i\u003e which Leshem coauthored with director Joseph Cedar, won the Berlin International Film Festival's Silver Bear for Best Director. Leshem lives in Tel Aviv and is at work on his second novel.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eNumber of Pages:\u003c\/strong\u003e 368\u003c\/div\u003e\u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eDimensions:\u003c\/strong\u003e 0.85 x 8.14 x 5.56 IN\u003c\/div\u003e\u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003ePublication Date:\u003c\/strong\u003e February 24, 2009\u003c\/div\u003e","brand":"Books by splitShops","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":41922959474823,"sku":"9780553385298","price":24.0,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0601\/2623\/2711\/files\/edd8e6defa4f113e249ad5d59ef9cdf3.webp?v=1734077268","url":"https:\/\/booksby.splitshops.com\/products\/beaufort-paperback","provider":"Books by splitShops","version":"1.0","type":"link"}