Word: dina
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Dates: during 1940-1949
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Joseph's decision to become a terrorist, however, is precipitated by the Arab murder of the woman he loves, Dina. It hardly seems fair to hinge the major decision of the book on this one incident, but Koestler probably justifies this disturbing reasoning on the grounds that it is just some such private crisis that makes up mens' minds on more broadly ideological questions. Aside from this one questionable bit, Koestler's argument is both fairly and illuminatingly presented. Arabs and British as well as Jews are given a chance to speak their pieces effectively and clearly; Joseph, Koestler...
...basement studio, surrounded by his buxom torsos and his latest model, a Paris university graduate named Dina (see cut), white-bearded Maillol accepts his domestic difficulties with an octogenarian's philosophy. His crusty motto: "The harder the stone, the pleasanter the work, because you can strike with all your might...