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Momik grows up in Israel in the 1950s. One day, his grandfather, who supposedly died during the war, unexpectedly appears in his home. He tells a story from the land "There," which the boy cannot comprehend, and then... disappears. To understand the terrible fate of his family and nation, Momik becomes a writer. Following in the footsteps of his spiritual master, Bruno Schulz, he finds himself in Poland during the Solidarity era. He also writes a camp psychodrama about the torturer and the victim. All this is to understand Evil. What is it? Why does man commit it? Can it be eliminated once and for all? A multi-layered novel that combines humor and tragedy, everyday life and metaphysics, full of surprising images and insights, spans over forty years.
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See Under--love, David Grossman
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- Released
- 1989
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- Title
- See Under--love
- Language
- English
- Authors
- David Grossman
- Publisher
- New York : Washington Square Press
- Released
- 1989
- Format
- Paperback
- Pages
- 458
- ISBN10
- 0671701126
- ISBN13
- 9780671701123
- Series
- Tags
- Fiction, Historical Fiction, Contemporary Fiction, Holocaust, Jewish Literature, Israeli Literature, Hebrew Literature
- First published
- 1986
- Original title
- Ajen erech: ahava
- Rating
- 3.45 out of 5
- Description
- Momik grows up in Israel in the 1950s. One day, his grandfather, who supposedly died during the war, unexpectedly appears in his home. He tells a story from the land "There," which the boy cannot comprehend, and then... disappears. To understand the terrible fate of his family and nation, Momik becomes a writer. Following in the footsteps of his spiritual master, Bruno Schulz, he finds himself in Poland during the Solidarity era. He also writes a camp psychodrama about the torturer and the victim. All this is to understand Evil. What is it? Why does man commit it? Can it be eliminated once and for all? A multi-layered novel that combines humor and tragedy, everyday life and metaphysics, full of surprising images and insights, spans over forty years.