Writing in the Dark (Paperback) (ISBN-13: 9780312428600)

Profound essays on Israel, literature, and language from one of the country's most respected and best-loved voices

Throughout his career, David Grossman has been a voice for peace and reconciliation between Israel and its Arab citizens and neighbors. In these six essays on politics and culture in Israel, he addresses the conscience of a country that has lost faith in its leaders and its ideals. This collection, Writing in the Dark, includes an already famous speech concerning the disastrous Second Lebanon War of 2006, the war that took the life of Grossman's twenty-year-old son, Uri.

Moving, human, clear-sighted, and courageous, touching on literature and artistic creation as well as politics and philosophy, these writings are a cri de coeur from a writer who has been, for nearly two decades, one of the most original and talented not only in his own country, but anywhere (The New York Times Book Review).

Author: David Grossman, Jessica Cohen
ISBN-10: 031242860X
ISBN-13: 9780312428600
Publisher: St. Martins Press-3PL
Language: English
Published: 09/01/2009
Pages: 144
Format: Paperback
Weight: 0.40lbs
Size: 8.20h x 5.50w x 0.40d

Review Citation(s):
New York Times Book Review 10/18/2009 pg. 24