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David Grossman (1) (1954–)

Autor(a) de To the End of the Land

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About the Author

David Grossman was born in Jerusalem on January 25, 1954, is an Israeli author of fiction, nonfiction, and youth and children's literature. His books have been translated into many languages. He is most known for his non-fiction work, The Yellow Wind. This is his study of the Palestinians in the mostrar mais Israeli-occupied West Bank and Gaza Strip. He was awarded the Prime Minister's Prize for Hebrew literature (1984) and the Israeli Publishers Association Prize for best Hebrew novel (1985). Grossman lives in Mevasseret Zion on the outskirts of Jerusalem. He is married to Michal Grossman, a child psychologist and the mother of his three children. (Bowker Author Biography) mostrar menos

Séries

Obras de David Grossman

To the End of the Land (2008) 1,444 cópias
A Horse Walks Into a Bar (2014) 737 cópias
See Under: Love (1986) 675 cópias
Someone to Run With (2000) 660 cópias
Be My Knife (1998) 509 cópias
The Yellow Wind (1988) 435 cópias
The Zigzag Kid (1994) 385 cópias
The Book of Intimate Grammar (1991) 325 cópias
Falling Out of Time (2011) 267 cópias
Her Body Knows: Two Novellas (2002) 180 cópias
The Smile of the Lamb (1983) 170 cópias
More Than I Love My Life (2019) 145 cópias
Duel (1982) 112 cópias
The Hug (2010) 64 cópias
Gran Cabaret (2015) 28 cópias
Was Nina wusste: Roman (2020) 21 cópias
Delirio (2011) 16 cópias
Buonanotte giraffa (1999) 9 cópias
Die Sonnenprinzessin (2015) 7 cópias
אח חדש לגמרי (1986) 5 cópias
De prijs die we betalen (2023) 5 cópias
Die Kraft zur Korrektur (2008) 4 cópias
La memoria della Shoah (2000) 4 cópias
Momik (1986) 4 cópias
Da Nina vidste (2019) 3 cópias
Bir At Bara Girmis (2018) 3 cópias
Un milione di anni fa (1998) 3 cópias
Un bambino e il suo papà (1999) 3 cópias
יונתן בלש ממש (2012) 3 cópias
Nesikhat ha-shemesh (2015) 2 cópias
אל תדאגי רותי (1999) 2 cópias
מי רוצה שק-קמח? (2011) 2 cópias
Geen moment zonder kat (2023) 2 cópias
איתמר מכתב (1988) 2 cópias
Les aventures d'Itamar (2013) 2 cópias
Quan éreu dos micos (2005) 2 cópias
Le avventure di Itamar (2011) 2 cópias
Løvehonning : mysten om Samson (2005) 1 exemplar(es)
בבה תותי (2017) 1 exemplar(es)
מומיק 1 exemplar(es)
Noen å løpe med (2006) 1 exemplar(es)
רץ : סיפורים 1 exemplar(es)
Hevonen meni baariin (2018) 1 exemplar(es)
O mel do leao: o mito de Sansao (2019) 1 exemplar(es)
Lavlji med : mit o Samsonu (2007) 1 exemplar(es)
Nokheḥim nifḳadim 1 exemplar(es)
Duel à Jérusalem (2003) 1 exemplar(es)

Associated Works

The Oxford Book of Jewish Stories (1998) — Contribuinte — 130 cópias
Granta 36: Vargas Llosa for President (1991) — Contribuinte — 126 cópias
La Bible (1990) — Prefácio — 25 cópias
The Zigzag Kid [2012 film] — Original story — 3 cópias

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Google 'a horse walks into a bar + punchline' and you'll find plenty of examples of this old chestnut, all of them really weak. So this is a perfect title for a story about a stand-up comedian who tells terrible, pathetic jokes. But that's not why most of the audience eventually walks out. It's not even because he routinely insults his audience, picks on individuals with hurtful commentary or because he satirises taboo topics such as the Holocaust and the occupation of Palestine. No. It's because the comedian, Dovaleh G, is performing what is probably his swan song since he's obviously not a well man, and his routine, such as it is, is an heroic effort to exorcise his demons.

The narrator is his erstwhile childhood friend, now a retired judge by name of Lazar, who has been asked to come along to evaluate the performance. Not as a critic, but as someone who could perhaps see the uniqueness of Dov's being, not just one among millions...
'That thing, he said softly, “That comes out of person without his control? That thing that maybe only this one person in the world has?'

The radiance of personality, I thought. The inner glow. Or the inner darkness. The secret, the tremble of singularity. Everything that lies beyond the words that describe a person, beyond the things that happened to him and the things that went wrong and became warped in him. The same thing that years ago, when I was just starting out as a judge, I naïvely swore to look for in every person who stood before me, whether defendant or witness. The thing I swore I would never be indifferent to, which would be the point of departure for my judgment.' (p.63)

In the course of the show, as Dov tells about the existential crisis of his life when he was fourteen, Lazar remembers how he betrayed their friendship. Boys who had met and formed a bond at an after-school maths tutoring class, they found themselves at a quasi-military training camp for teenagers, learning the escape drills they might need in a country surrounded by hostile nations. Lazar distances himself from Dov, turns his back on scenes of grotesque bullying, and never lets himself see Dov — because he knows that if it's not Dov being bullied, it will be him.

Yes, metaphors abound in this novel.

To read the rest of my review please visit https://anzlitlovers.com/2024/02/19/a-horse-walks-into-a-bar-2017-by-david-gross...
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anzlitlovers | outras 48 resenhas | Feb 18, 2024 |
Casualità?

Con tutti i periodi della vita che c'erano..mi capita di leggerlo proprio ora. E' servito, perché l'ho molto ricondotto a cose reali.
Paradossalmente, dato che è alquanto paradossale come romanzo.
Inizialmente me lo immaginavo del tutto differente, e a volte la mancanza della voce "della risposta" mi mancava molto..un po' come se fosse un eterno monologo.
L'idea è meravigliosa.
Però le quattro stelle vanno probabilmente per la descrizione del personaggio principale che è riuscito ad irritarmi e non poco.
La scrittura è carina e ben curata ma, sinceramente, a volte me lo sono visto troppo rozzo.
Avrebbe potuto essere più idilliaco..ma forse così avrebbe perso la sua genialità.
Però, un gran bel libro.
Credere in ciò che non ci si aspetta.
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Anshin | outras 9 resenhas | Dec 29, 2023 |
Reason Read: reading Israeli authors, TIOLI challenge, Food in title
This is really a midrash or commentary on the story of Samson in Judges by David Grossman. The full title is Lion's Honey: the myth of Samson, so unlike myself, Grossman and maybe all Hebrew believe this is not a true story. I found it extremely interesting to read this story about a man who was born to a barren family for the purpose of freeing God's people from the Philistines. I've always viewed Samson as a spoiled only son but Grossman views him as a lonely man who never felt like he belonged.… (mais)
 
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Kristelh | outras 21 resenhas | Nov 25, 2023 |
Fascinerend boek, lastig er een korte samenvatting van te geven. Van de flaptekst: In een Arabisch dorpje in bezet gebied luistert de Israëlische soldaat Uri, geleund tegen een citroenboom, gefascineerd naar de fantastische verhalen van de oude Palestijn Hilmi. Over de vrouwen met wie Hilmi een gedwongen huwelijk moest aangaan, over zijn koppige zoon en de onbarmhartige bezetters. Als Uri's legerbaas en vriend Katzman zegt dat al het contact met Palestijnen verboden is, zelfs als ze zoals Hilmi halfblind en zwakzinnig zijn, kiepert Uri de soep over diens broek en blijf Hilmi opzoeken. Maar hoe meer Uri zich vastklampt aan de wijze verhalen van de Palestijn, hoe meer zijn vrouw Sjosj van hem vervreemd raakt en haar affaire met Katzman een andere wending neemt.… (mais)
 
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wannabook08 | 1 outra resenha | Oct 21, 2023 |

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