The Brothers by Jenifer Levin

The Brothers takes us into the lives of community in post-war Israel. At the core of this powerful and haunting novel is the Kol family of kibbutz Mayan Ha-Emek: Yael, the mother who has sent four sons off to war and at time gone mad in the process; Nadav, the second son, wounded in the war and struggling to find the meaning of his own survival; Rafi, the third son, a community outcast and hpmosexual, who dream of escaping to America.