Serpent
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Author
Publication
1990 - Dalkey Archive Press, Elmwood Park, Ill, Illinois
Language
English
Word Count
48,000 words, Guess
Page Count
192 pages
Identifiers
- Open LibraryOL2212411M
- ISBN-10091658349X
- OCLC Control Number20056057
- OCLC Control Number1032670623
- Library of Congress Control Number89035214
and 2 more
- LibraryThing478864
- Goodreads748096
Classifications
- DDC823/.914
- LCCPR6063.O82 S4 1990
Description
"Jason is a scriptwriter working on a film about Masada--the fortress where a thousand Jews killed themselves rather than be taken by the Romans in A.D. 73. Jason doubts that a film both honest and popular on such a subject can be made. The story of Serpent takes place on the airplane taking a party of VIP film people to Israel--the producer, two stars, production assistants, and Jason--with Jason's wife and child in tourist class. The dispute about the film--concerning the nature of loyalty, of sacrifice for the good of society--runs parallel with an actual drama that unfolds on the plane: between Jason, his wife Lilia, a man she befriends (who may or may not be a hijacker), and the show-business people in first class. A climax is reached in which the conflicts on the plane, Jason's fanciful ideas for a script on Masada, memories of his past life, and a contemporary crisis in Israel all seem to run parallel and even nudge one another--at least in imagination. The plane comes down to earth..."--Book jacket.
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