"Not only me. We all saw it," the elderly American said. "They must have, too, because all the weapons fell silent for a moment. Ours and theirs. Not a single gun fired, no grenades exploded, and all the mouths stopped shouting. It was so quiet that we heard the bird's wings beating the air. For a single moment every eye and every finger was following that bird as she did what we all wanted to do: make her way home."
This beautiful piece of literature is an excerpt from the book A Pigeon and a Boy by Meir Shalev. During Israel's War of Independence in 1948, a pigeon handler is mortally wounded. His last act is dispatching a pigeon. Many years later we follow Yair Mendelson, who is a tour guide specialized in tours for birdwatchers. His life is about to change forever.
A Pigeon and a Boy is the story of two pairs of lovers. They seem to have nothing in common with each other, but there is a very deep connection between them. It’s also the story of homing pigeons, who are trained to fly back to their home. And it’s the story of how important it is to have a home in which you feel comfortable and in which you can be yourself.
A must-read: A Pigeon and a Boy by Meir Shalev.
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