Death as a Way of Life: Israel Ten Years After Oslo.

David Grossman.

ISBN 10: 0374102112 / ISBN 13: 9780374102111

Published by Farrar Straus & Giroux, New York, NY, 2003

About this Item

First Edition USA; First Printing indicated. Fine in Near Fine DJ: Book is flawless; binding square and secure; text clean. DJ shows just a touch of wear to the upper corner tips (but no loss); price intact; mylar-protected. Virtually 'As New'. NOT a Remainder, Book-Club, or Ex-Library. 8vo. 188pp. Translated from the Hebrew by Haim Watzman. Edited by Efrat Lev. Hardback with DJ. This is a great window from a violent age in the history of the Levant, which has largely passed, but threatens to return again very soon. The series of essays, all by David Grossman, he's not just an editor, starts us out on a journey from high hopes of peace during the Oslo process, and over the essays we see how that hope diminished and eventually degenerated into bloody violence. It's a very left-wing analysis of events, with Grossman dishing out a lot of criticism of Sharon and Netanyahu. Written over times when Netanyahu was Prime Minister, Foreign Minister and in opposition, Grossman ultimately leaves a haunting message: you can never trust Netanyahu to deliver peace. The other primary message readers take away is: to survive, Israel must excise itself from the West Bank. That is why, years on from the date of the final essay, this book is still insightful and pertinent today. Many of its core messages and observations are yet to reach their endgame in international, Israeli and Palestinian political arenas. An excellent and helpful read to those wanting to gain knowledge of the left-wing Israeli mind. Full of empathy, insight and a necessary dose of incredulousness, Grossman is one of the most important writers on this tragic subject. Death as a Way of Life is also particularly relevant for Americans who want to know what life under terror feels like. First Edition; First Printing indicated.

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Bibliographic Details

• Title: Death as a Way of Life: Israel Ten Years After Oslo.
• Publisher: Farrar Straus & Giroux, New York, NY
• Publication Date: 2003
• Language: English
• ISBN 10: 0374102112
• ISBN 13: 9780374102111
• Binding: Hardcover
• Edition: 1st Edition
• Dust Jacket Condition: Dust Jacket Included
• Seller catalogs:
  • History: Near East

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Synopsis

A Personal Chronicle of the Last Ten Years from a Leading Voice of Israeli Dissent

What went wrong after Oslo? How can Israelis and Palestinians make peace? How has the violence changed their lives, and their souls? For the last ten years, David Grossman, one of Israel’s great fiction writers, has addressed these questions in a series of passionate essays and articles, writing not only as one of his country’s most respected novelists and reporters, but as a husband and father and peace activist bitterly disappointed in the leaders of both sides.
Appearing for the first time in America, these pieces show us the Israeli-Palestinian conflict from the inside and in the moment. They are indispensable reading for anyone who wants to understand the roots and results of the fighting today.

About the Author

David Grossman is the author of five novels as well as two groundbreaking worls of journalism, The Yellow Wind (1987) and Sleeping on a Wire (1993), several children's books, and a play. He lives in Jerusalem.