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2021-02-11T12:20:10.600Z
David Grossman is one of the great critical voices in Israel. For the writer, to be on the left means to recognize that the basic characteristics of man are evil, but that we can overcome them. A conversation about the dangers of idealism and literature as a creator of identity.
WORLD:
You write about something that did not happen in Israel as if you had experienced it yourself.
David Grossman:
That's a writer's job.
We appropriate things.
WORLD:
In “What Nina knew” you tell of a particularly cruel episode of racism, and in a way as if you belonged to this group of main characters. How did you feel while writing this story?
Source: welt
