Jewish Book Week presented another opportunity to take part in a reading group.
The brilliantly imaginative See Under: Love (1990), by David Grossman, portrays life under the long shadows spread by the Holocaust in postwar Israel.
David Grossman
David Grossman was born in Jerusalem, where he still lives. He is the bestselling author of numerous works of fiction, non-fiction, and children\'s literature, which have been translated into thirty-six languages. His work has also appeared in The New Yorker. He is the recipient of numerous awards, including the French Chevalier de L\'Ordre des Arts et des Lettres and the 2010 Frankfurt Peace Prize.
Engrossed in Grossman: David Grossman
“I think it is so important to write about the person, to redeem the person there and to remind us writers and readers that life is so much more complicated than the cliché that we are trapped in now. Life has so many nuances, and every story has so many points of view, and there is not only one justice, not only one suffering.”
At this packed and highly-charged session, the annual George Webber Memorial Evening, Israeli author David Grossman launched two new works: Someone ...
David Grossman and Ian McEwan Falling Out of Time
Israel’s celebrated author David Grossman author returned to Jewish Book Week to discuss Falling Out of Time, an exploration of parental bereavement, with fellow writer Ian McEwan.
In a small village, in a kitchen, a man announces to his wife that he is leaving, embarking on a journey in search of their dead son. The “Walking Man” paces in ever-widening circles around the town....
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