Acting Out Everyday Life – Life In Israel Since 7th of October
Current Affairs, Literary Fiction
We might not be here tomorrow
Lizzie Doron has spent her whole life fighting for her country – for a homeland free from persecution, for peace with their Palestinian neighbours, for freedom and democracy. Then came 7th of October, destroying everything that had been before. As sirens wail and people’s minds turn to the kidnapped hostages, the government wages a war that kills even more people and brings none back. How can there still be faith in a future?
At a time when there are few answers to be had, Lizzie Doron writes about everyday life, which does not exist yet carries on somehow: encounters with the bereaved, absurdly comical scenes with the grandkids in air-raid shelters, political discussions at the hairdresser’s, increasingly vapid memorials, silence on the telephone with her Palestinian friend. A moving testament from a traumatised society.
- One of the most important Israeli peace activists speaks out: what has life been like since 7th October 2023?
- When you feel alienated from your own country – an emotional insight into everyday life in a torn society at war
- »One can only pay the highest respect to Lizzie Doron's literary and human achievements.« Jüdische Allgemeine
Lizzie Doron, born in 1953, made her name with novels about the experience of second-generation holocaust-survivors. With 'Who the Fuck Is Kafka' – one of the most important literary explorations of the Israeli-Palestinian conflict – and 'Sweet Occupation', she increasingly turned to political questions. Lizzie Doron has been the recipient of numerous awards. She lives in Tel Aviv and Berlin.
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Markus Lemke works as translator and interpreter in Hamburg. He translates amongst others works from Eshkol Nevo and Dror Mishani.
We might not be here tomorrow
Lizzie Doron has spent her whole life fighting for her country – for a homeland free from persecution, for peace with their Palestinian neighbours, for freedom and democracy. Then came 7th of October, destroying everything that had been before. As sirens wail and people’s minds turn to the kidnapped hostages, the government wages a war that kills even more people and brings none back. How can there still be faith in a future?
At a time when there are few answers to be had, Lizzie Doron writes about everyday life, which does not exist yet carries on somehow: encounters with the bereaved, absurdly comical scenes with the grandkids in air-raid shelters, political discussions at the hairdresser’s, increasingly vapid memorials, silence on the telephone with her Palestinian friend. A moving testament from a traumatised society.
- One of the most important Israeli peace activists speaks out: what has life been like since 7th October 2023?
- When you feel alienated from your own country – an emotional insight into everyday life in a torn society at war
- »One can only pay the highest respect to Lizzie Doron's literary and human achievements.« Jüdische Allgemeine