Breakdown and Bereavement, first published in 1920, is the story of a young Jewish immigrant in Palestine in the early 20th century. Like many of Yosef Haim Brenner's protagonists, Hefetz finds that pioneer life under Ottoman rule is a difficult and depressing path to a Zionist homeland. Brenner, himself a Russian-born immigrant to Palestine, was one of the first and most important authors of modern Hebrew literature. He was killed during the Jaffa riots of 1921. (Summary by LA Walden)
Chapters
1 Part 1, Chapter 1, Section 1 12 min 2 Part 1, Chapter 1, Section 2 7 min 3 Part 1, Chapter 1, Section 3 10 min 4 Part 1, Chapter 1, Section 4 9 min 5 Part 1, Chapter 1, Section 5 18 min 6 Part 1, Chapter 1, Section 6 12 min 7 Part 1, Chapter 2, Section 1 12 min 8 Part 1, Chapter 2, Section 2 10 min 9 Part 1, Chapter 3, Section 1 14 min 10 Part 1, Chapter 3, Section 2 10 min 11 Part 1, Chapter 3, Section 3 6 min 12 Part 1, Chapter 3, Section 4 9 min 13 Part 1, Chapter 4, Section 1 11 min 14 Part 1, Chapter 4, Section 2 13 min 15 Part 1, Chapter 4, Section 3 17 min 16 Part 1, Chapter 5 17 min 17 Part 1, Chapter 6, Section 1 11 min 18 Part 1, Chapter 6, Section 2 8 min 19 Part 1, Chapter 6, Section 3 8 min 20 Part 1, Chapter 6, Section 4 13 min 21 Part 2, Chapter 1, Section 1 18 min 22 Part 2, Chapter 1, Section 2 15 min 23 Part 2, Chapter 1, Section 3 10 min 24 Part 2, Chapter 2, Section 1 16 min 25 Part 2, Chapter 2, Section 2 10 min 26 Part 2, Chapter 3, Section 1 16 min 27 Part 2, Chapter 3, Section 2 20 min 28 Part 2, Chapter 3, Section 3 23 min 29 Part 2, Chapter 4, Section 1 11 min 30 Part 2, Chapter 4, Section 2 13 min 31 Part 2, Chapter 4, Section 3 9 min 32 Part 2, Chapter 4, Section 4 14 min 33 Part 2, Chapter 5, Section 1 8 min 34 Part 2, Chapter 5, Section 2 16 min 35 Part 2, Chapter 5, Section 3 14 min 36 Part 2, Chapter 6, Section 1 10 min 37 Part 2, Chapter 6, Section 2 11 min 38 Part 2, Chapter 6, Section 3 12 min 39 Part 2, Chapter 7, Section 1 12 min 40 Part 2, Chapter 7, Section 2 11 min 41 Part 2, Chapter 7, Section 3 19 min 42 Part 2, Chapter 8, Section 1 20 min 43 Part 2, Chapter 8, Section 2 21 min 44 Part 3, Chapter 1, Section 1 15 min 45 Part 3, Chapter 1, Section 2 15 min 46 Part 3, Chapter 1, Section 3 21 min 47 Part 3, Chapter 2 20 min 48 Part 3, Chapter 3, Section 1 11 min 49 Part 3, Chapter 3, Section 2 18 min 50 Part 3, Chapter 3, Section 3 12 min 51 Part 3, Chapter 4, Section 1 13 min 52 Part 3, Chapter 4, Section 2 13 min 53 Part 3, Chapter 5, Section 1 14 min 54 Part 3, Chapter 5, Section 2 14 min 55 Part 3, Chapter 6, Section 1 11 min 56 Part 3, Chapter 6, Section 2 11 min
