When Argentinians Yair and Susy Dori were engaged then married in Israel on 03 February 1972 their union was a national event attended by top government and military figures and featured widely in the media.
They had become celebrities because IDF Sergeant Dori, a paratrooper, was a war hero, who had been badly maimed then captured by the Egyptians at the Suez Canal during the 1970 War of Attrition, before being tortured and held for 10 months, finally being returned in a highly publicised prisoner swap.
But these were mere episodes in a life of unending drama for the Doris, whose union has seen the sort of great joys and terrible travails better associated with the television soap operas – telenovele - for which they have become renowned.
But Dori and his team deny they are purveyors of televisual pap. Indeed, Dori takes time and effort in this meandering, poorly constructed memoir to reflect on his value as an ‘ambassador of culture’ because his shows have helped many young Israeli viewers to learn Spanish while the actors and other entertainers he has brought to Israel have had a chance to “know and see” its reality first-hand.
I cannot argue with that although much else herein has left me less enthusiastic than unconvinced.
** Heaven and Hell : An Inspirational Biography of a Man's Victory Against All Odds is available from Amazon on Kindle ($2.99) and Paperback ($12.95).
©Natalie Wood (19January 2019)
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