Eitan, a young Israeli doctor speeding on a deserted road at night, strikes and kills a pedestrian - an undocumented Eritrean immigrant. The blurb tells us what the story is about. I was then surprised to see that when this book came out in 2013 it was reviewed in the New York Times, the Wall Street Journal, the major UK papers such as The Times and the Guardian, and in the US on NPR and even in Good Housekeeping! The story, set in Israel, is by a female author and translated from Hebrew. When I saw this book at a library discard sale I thought I’d give this obscure book and obscure author a try. A good, worthy book that will provoke much thought and discussion.more I guess every country has a share and opinion in this ongoing crisis. An indepth and thorough view of a man in a moral crisis and the prejudice inherit in many countries confronted with refugees they do not want, nor care to acknowledge. It will put him in danger, and show him things he never thought to see. This is about one man's awakening to the problems in his own country, the plight of these refugees, with few resources, no access to even basic care and the routes they take to earn a living. This will bring Sirkit into his life, the dead man's wife, who will blackmail him into providing medical care to other illegal African refugees, Knowing the terrible cost to his life, he leaves the man, an African, and returns home. After leaving the hospital one night, letting off steam he races down a dark road and hits and kills a man, he didn't see. On the surface it is about a good man, a doctor, a healer, who makes a terrible mistake which costs him dearly. I never considered not finishing it though, as it is written about refugees in the country of Israel, and I never realized they were having their own refugee crisis. There is no doubt that this is an important book, a brilliantly written one, but the book is so dense, slowly paced and one I didn't mind putting down. I continually wavered in my thoughts, my rating and what to say in my review. On the surface I actually finished his book several weeks ago but it presented me with quite a conundrum. I actually finished his book several weeks ago but it presented me with quite a conundrum. Waking Lions is a gripping, suspenseful and morally devastating drama of guilt and survival, shame and desire.more It is something else entirely, something that will shatter Eitan’s safe existence and take him into a world of secrets and lies. When she knocks at Eitan’s door the next day, tall and beautiful, he discovers that her price is not money.
Because the dead man’s wife knows what happened. It is a decision that changes everything. Seeing that the man, an African migrant, is beyond help, he flees the scene. Then, speeding along a deserted moonlit road in his SUV, he hits someone. When she knocks at Eitan’s door the next day, tall and beautiful, he discovers that he Dr.
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