Behind the Blue Mountain

"Beyond the Blue Mountain" is a four-generation family saga unfolding from the 1920s to the present day, set against the backdrop of Israel's establishment.

A four-generation family saga of Israelis. The story begins in the 1920s, in the swampy Jezreel Valley, where Jewish repatriates from the Mogilev, Minsk, Chernihiv, and Kyiv regions, as well as other corners of Eastern and Central Europe, arrive. The narrative, in the spirit of magical realism, intertwines human and animal destinies, stories of struggle against wild nature and one's own nature. The serious passions of the heroes unfold against the backdrop of Israel's struggle for statehood.
At the heart of the novel is a conflict between the inhabitants of the settlement and Baruch, the grandson of pioneer Yaakov Mirkin, who organized a commercial cemetery on communal land, where burial became fashionable for Jews around the world. Readers who follow the winding paths of the plot to the end will discover what the confrontation between the Committee and the supervisor of the House of Eternity for Pioneers, where "274 grandfathers and grandmothers, one mule, and one mandolin" are buried, will lead to.