{"product_id":"old-new-land-9781558761605","title":"Old New Land","description":"\u003cp\u003e \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e \u003cem\u003eOld New Land \u003c\/em\u003eforever altered the face of the Middle East. The book was a nineteenth-century utopian blueprint for a modern state of Israel. There were Jewish settlers in Palestine, and Zionist ideas had existed in Eastern Europe before Herzl, but Herzl made Zionism into a cultural and political movement acceptable to Western governments and intellectuals. His prophecy at the end of this book became reality: \"If you will it, it is not a fable.\" \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eThe author, founder of the Zionist movement, considered this utopian story his best literary work: an expression of his art, with a political message. His biographer, Amos Elon, placed \u003cem\u003eOld New Land \u003c\/em\u003e\"in the mainstream of fin-de-si cle art. Its pursuit of arcadian bliss within a mystic community and its haunted preoccupation with dreams recall Gustav Mahler's music.\" \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eAbout the Author\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003e\u003ci\u003eHerzl, Theodor:\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e - Theodor Herzl, author (1860-1904) lived most of his life in Vienna as a star journalist and successful author. The Dreyfus Affair and the new Austrian anti-Semitism made him into a political activist.\u003cb\u003e\u003ci\u003eKornberg, Jacques:\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e - Jacques Kornberg, editor is a professor of history at the University of Toronto.","brand":"Markus Wiener Publishers","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":50478603632914,"sku":"9781558761605","price":22.99,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0831\/4771\/8930\/files\/img_b08cea80-f9af-46f7-b665-b09c261d35e5.jpg?v=1737210249","url":"https:\/\/surprise-castle.myshopify.com\/products\/old-new-land-9781558761605","provider":"Surprise Castle","version":"1.0","type":"link"}