Exodus (Uris novel)
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Exodus is a historical novel by American novelist Leon Uris about the founding of the State of Israel beginning with a compressed retelling of the voyages of the 1947 immigration ship Exodus and describing the histories of the various main characters and the ties of their personal lives to the birth of the new Jewish state.
Author | Leon Uris |
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Language | English |
Genre | Historical fiction |
Publisher | Doubleday & Company |
Publication date | 1958 |
Publication place | United States |
Media type | Print (hardcover) |
Pages | 608 pages |
Published by Doubleday in 1958, it became an international publishing phenomenon, the biggest bestseller in the United States since Gone with the Wind (1936)[1] and was still at number one on The New York Times Best Seller list eight months after its release.[2]
Otto Preminger directed a 1960 film based on the novel, featuring Paul Newman as Ari Ben Canaan. It focuses mainly on the escape from Cyprus and subsequent events in Palestine.