{"product_id":"black-elephants-karol-nielsen-9780803235373","title":"Black Elephants: A Memoir","description":"An aspiring writer and reporter, Karol Nielsen went trekking through the Peruvian Andes at the height of the Shining Path terror, looking for adventure and a good story. She found Aviv, an Israeli traveler fresh out of his mandatory military service--a war-weary veteran of the first intifada--dreaming about peace. \u003ci\u003eBlack Elephants\u003c\/i\u003e follows this idealistic pair as they explore the Americas, until Aviv, inexorably drawn to his homeland, asks Karol to come with him to Israel. There, the couple's lovingly laid plans--for Aviv to attend university, and for Karol to work on a kibbutz, study Hebrew, and get to know his family--are suddenly tested by the eruption of the first Gulf War. Nielsen's memoir paints a poignant and harrowing picture of love during wartime. Against a backdrop of bursting bombs and air-raid sirens, gas masks and sealed rooms, relationships are frayed, and romance becomes a distant memory. This story, so candidly and clearly told, powerfully illustrates the terror, loneliness, and absurdity of war and its invisible casualties.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eAuthor:\u003c\/b\u003e Karol Nielsen\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN-10:\u003c\/b\u003e 0803235372\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN-13:\u003c\/b\u003e 9780803235373\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublisher:\u003c\/b\u003e Bison Books\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eLanguage:\u003c\/b\u003e English\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublished:\u003c\/b\u003e 10\/01\/2011\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePages:\u003c\/b\u003e 240\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eFormat:\u003c\/b\u003e Paperback\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eWeight:\u003c\/b\u003e 0.63lbs\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eSize:\u003c\/b\u003e 8.47h x 5.58w x 0.58d\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eReview Citation(s): \u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003ci\u003eKirkus Reviews\u003c\/i\u003e 09\/15\/2011","brand":"Karol Nielsen","offers":[{"title":"Paperback","offer_id":43990362456319,"sku":"9780803235373","price":16.95,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0662\/2982\/9887\/files\/img_52ce53b4-812c-4cd8-8816-dd1bbaa5b9ca.jpg?v=1683304250","url":"https:\/\/www.whiterainbookhouse.com\/products\/black-elephants-karol-nielsen-9780803235373","provider":"WR Book House","version":"1.0","type":"link"}