What we're getting from David Grossman now is a different type of genre - but comic? Not even! and many of his fans have been 'waiting' for David to get back ON the HORSE! I'm not so sure his galloping days are in his future any longer. It was abstract - personal to David - certainly not a novel. Many of his fans were torn about that book. His last book -"Falling Out of Time" - was a small and deeply personal book about the loss of a son. David's 20 year old son, Uri, was killed in action just two days after joining the Israeli army.Īs to be expected - as readers are witnessing- David Grossman who has always been a serious- compassionate - sensitive writer - isn't giving us regular size novels any longer - so far we are getting smaller serious books. I can't seem to be able to separate reading David Grossman's book's any longer withoutįeeling deep sorrow for 'David'. "isn't just a book about Israel: it's a book about people and societies horribly malfunctioning".Īs I press the keyboard looking for what to write.I honestly just tremble inside. I was shaking at times reading David Grossman's new book - my thoughts andĮmotions spinning. Update: Congrats to David Grossman!!! This book just won the Man Booker International Award!!! See also other authors with similar names.
His books have been translated into over 25 languages. In 2007, his novels The Book of Internal Grammar and See Under: Love were named among the ten most important books since the creation of the State of Israel. He has also been awarded the Chevalier de l`Ordre des Arts et Belles Lettres (France, 1998) and an Honorary Doctorate by Florence University (2008). Among Grossman`s many literary awards: the Valumbrosa Prize (Italy), the Eliette von Karajan Prize (Austria), the Nelly Sachs Prize (1991), the Premio Grinzane and the Premio Mondelo for The Zig-Zag Kid (Italy, 1996), the Vittorio de Sica Prize (Italy), the Juliet Club Prize, the Marsh Award for Children`s Literature in Translation (UK, 1998), the Buxtehude Bulle (Germany, 2001), the Sapir Prize for Someone to Run With (2001), the Bialik Prize (2004), the Koret Jewish Book Award (USA, 2006), the Premio per la Pace e l`Azione Umanitaria 2006 (City of Rome/Italy), Onorificenza della Stella Solidarita Italiana 2007, Premio Ischia - International Award for Journalism 2007, the Geschwister Scholl Prize (Germany), the Emet Prize (Israel, 2007)and the Albatross Prize (Germany, 2009). He has also published several books of non-fiction, including interviews with Palestinians and Israeli Arabs. Grossman has written seven novels, a play, a number of short stories and novellas, and a number of books for children and youth. 1954, Jerusalem) studied philosophy and drama at the Hebrew University of Jerusalem, and later worked as an editor and broadcaster at Israel Radio. Leading Israeli novelist David Grossman (b.
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