When I Lived in Modern Times | |
Author: | Linda Grant |
Country: | United Kingdom |
Language: | English |
Genre: | Historical fiction |
Published: | 2000 by Granta Books |
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Awards: | Winner of Orange Prize for Fiction 2000 |
Isbn: | 978-1-8620-7334-0 |
Oclc: | 43069243 |
Dewey: | 823.914 |
When I Lived in Modern Times is a novel by Linda Grant. It won the Orange Prize for Fiction in 2000.[1] Following being awarded the Orange Prize, there were accusations of plagiarism leveled against the author.[2] The accusations were claimed to be unfounded as the tracts indicated had been referenced, and agreed to be used, by the original publisher.
The novel follows the story of a young Jewish woman from London who emigrates to the future Israel in 1946 and lives through the birth of the nation. She spends time in a kibbutz and then moves to Tel Aviv.