Hailed by The New York Times as "one of the most inventive,brilliant novelists in the Western world," Yoram Kaniuk turns his hand to nonfictionto bring us his most important work yet. Commander of the Exodus animates the storyof Yossi Harel, a modern-day Moses who defied the blockade of the British Mandate todeliver more than 24,000 displaced Holocaust survivors to Palestine while the rest of theworld (including the United States) closed its doors. With grace and sensitivity, Kaniuk shows the human face of history. Hepays homage to the young Israeli who was motivated not by politics or personal glory, butby the pleading eyes of the orphaned children languishing on the shores of Europe. Commander of the Exodus is both an unforgettable tribute to the heroism of thedispossessed and a rich evocation of the vision and daring of a man who took it uponhimself to reverse the course of history.