A Pigeon and a Boy / Meir Shalev

A lyrical historical and contemporary novel intertwining two love stories: a young pigeon-handler’s final message during the 1948 War of Independence, and tour guide Yair Mendelsohn’s renewed connection with a lost love. Through homing pigeons, it explores memory, belonging, inheritance, and the enduring pull of home.

• Number of pages: 320 (American paperback)

• Publication year: 2009

• Publisher: Schocken Books (Knopf Doubleday Publishing Group)

• Language: English (translated from Hebrew)

• ISBN‑10: 0805212140

• ISBN‑13: 978‑0805212143