Writing in the Dark

'David Grossman is one of Israel's best writers at conveying an accurate assessment of public mood in his own country.' Guardian An important and topical book in the on-going Israeli-Palestine conflict.

Essays on politics and literature from one of world literature's most respected voices.Throughout his career, David Grossman has been a voice for peace and reconciliation in the Israeli-Palestinian divide. In this groundbreaking collection of essays on literature and politics, he addresses the conscience of present-day Israel, a country that has lost faith in its leaders and its ideals. Writing in the Dark ends with the speech in which Grossman famously attacked Israel's disastrous Lebanon war that tragically took the life of his twenty-one-year-old son, Uri. Moving, brave and clear-sighted, these essays on literature, political ethics and the morality of the imagination are a cri de coeur from a calm voice of reason at a time of doubt and despair.