Fields of Exile - Paperback

by Nora Gold (Author)

2015 Canadian Jewish Literary Awards -- Winner, Fiction

Judith finds the courage to stand up for her beliefs and protest anti-Semitic hypocrisy.

Judith is a young woman who lived in Israel for a decade, was a peace activist there, and defines herself as "left-wing," yet in graduate school back in Canada, she discovers that vilification of Israel is the expected norm. When the keynote speaker for Anti-Oppression Day turns out to be a supporter of terrorist attacks not only against Israeli military targets, but also against Israeli civilians and Jews around the world, Judith protests. As a result, she is marginalized by the faculty and her peers, and her life begins to unravel.

This is a moving novel about love, betrayal, and the courage to stand up for what one believes, as well as a searing indictment of the hypocrisy and intellectual sloth that threaten the integrity of our society.

'Wistful Woman' painting on the cover was created by Peter Worsley (http: //www.peterworsley.com/), and used with the artist's permission.

Author Biography

Dr. Nora Gold is a prize-winning author, activist, and scholar. Her first book, Marrow and Other Stories, received glowing reviews and won a Canadian Jewish Book Award. Gold is editor-in-chief of the literary journal Jewish Fiction .net, and Writer-in-Residence and Associate Scholar at OISE/University of Toronto's Centre for Women's Studies. She lives in Toronto.