A small village near Jerusalem in the 1980s: a group of boys comes of age. They love music, yearn for freedom and self-realization, yet find themselves confronted with what it means to grow up surrounded by violence. Assaf Gavron, known as a sharp observer of the Middle East conflict, follows the biographies of these friends into the present day in his new novel. Psychologically precise, and with a keen sense of how Israel’s history shapes each of their lives individually.
With Assaf Gavron
Moderated by Jonathan Garfinkel
Read by Anton Weil
The event will be held in English with readings in German and Hebrew.