Exodus

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Exodus is a 1958 historical novel by Leon Uris that dramatizes the founding of the state of Israel and became a major bestseller and cultural touchstone.

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Exodus canonical 7
Exodus (1960 film) 2
Exodus (novel) 2

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instanceOf novel
adaptedAs Exodus (1960 film)
author Leon Uris
became bestseller
countryOfOrigin United States
culturalImpact influenced American perceptions of Israel
served as a cultural touchstone for Zionism
filmAdaptationDirector Otto Preminger
filmAdaptationReleaseYear 1960
filmAdaptationScreenwriter Dalton Trumbo
filmAdaptationStar Eva Marie Saint
Paul Newman
firstEditionFormat hardcover
genre Zionist literature
historical fiction
hasCharacter Barak Ben Canaan
Dov Landau
Karen Hansen Clement
Kitty Fremont
hasISBN 9780385040085
hasMainCharacter Ari Ben Canaan
hasTheme Jewish identity
national liberation
post-Holocaust survival
state-building
language English
mainLocation Cyprus
Israel
Palestine
notableFor popularizing the Zionist narrative in the West
sympathetic portrayal of Jewish refugees
originalAudience general adult readership
publicationDate 1958
publisher Doubleday
setInPeriod 1940s
founding of the State of Israel
subject Jewish refugees after the Holocaust
Zionism
creation of the State of Israel
timeSpanOfNarrative pre-World War II to early years of Israel
titleOrigin Book of Exodus

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Dalton Trumbo notableWork Exodus
Ernest Gold awardReceivedFor Exodus (1960 film)
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Ernest Gold workedOn Exodus (1960 film)
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Hugh Griffith notableWork Exodus
Otto Preminger notableWork Exodus
Exodus (1960 film) basedOn Exodus (novel)
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Exodus (1960 film) basedOn Exodus (novel)
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