על אדם וטבע ועל טבע האדם בשתי הנובלות של נמר בהרים, ספר הביכורים של הסופר והטייל צור שיזף.
A Leopard in the Mountains by Tsur Shezaf is a book about man and nature. About the nature of man.
Since its original publication in Hebrew in 1988, it has become a cult novel treasured by those who cherish the great outdoors and for whom the mysterious and primal land is the setting for things that can only occur when a person wanders distant paths alone.
Menachem Perry, the book’s editor, described it as follows:
Tsur Shezaf’s first book, “A Leopard in the Mountains,” makes an impressive entry into Hebrew literature. Its two short novellas should be read, I believe, as a single multi-voiced work in which the “mythology” of the leopard trap is a junction where everything intersects. In both sections we find Bedouins in the desert (the Arava, Sinai) and Shezaf’s awe-inspiring mastery of the power of nature, and the ambience (in addition to the strong plot situations) plays a major part in the story.
All is quiet. Spring is in the air. In the distance, you can see the columns of smoke rising from the factories. Beyond them, on a clear day, you can see the mountains of Jordan. A little closer, below the high waterfall, further along the wadi, stands a single, not-so-big palm tree, and beside it an avenue of tamarisk trees. Some of them are quite large. You can set your things down there and rest in the shade. No, you can’t see it from here, it’s too high up. Even though it’s not far, maybe one kilometer, maybe two. Soft white hills lead up to the spring. You can see the paths that wind toward it and stretch away from it.
