Days of Ziklag
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Author | S. Yizhar |
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Original title | ימי צקלג |
Country | Israel |
Language | Hebrew |
Genre(s) | Modernist, Historical novel, War novel |
Publisher | Zmore-Bitan |
Released | 1958 |
Released in English | NA |
Pages | 1156 pp |
ISBN | NA |
Days of Ziklag (Hebrew: ימי צקלג, Yemei Tziklag) is a novel by S. Yizhar, first published in 1958. It is widely considered to be one of the most prominent works in Israeli literature.
The novel describes 7 days during the Israeli War of Independence in which it follows a squad of IDF soldiers trying to hold a godforsaken post in the Negev desert.