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A great Israeli author's searing reflection on Oct. 7 would be a must-read — if you could find it in English

JL;DR SUMMARY Dror Mishani's latest work, "The Ground Floor," diverges from his celebrated crime novels to offer a raw, journal-style reflection on the events following October 7, 2023, in Gaza. A way out west there was a fella, fella I want to tell you about, fella by the name of Jeff Lebowski. At least, that was the handle his lovin' parents gave him, but he never had much use for it himself. This Lebowski, he called himself the Dude. Now, Dude, that's a name no one would self-apply where I come from. But then, there was a lot about the Dude that didn't make a whole lot of sense to me. And a lot about where he lived, likewise. But then again, maybe that's why I found the place s'durned innarestin'.

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Family DynamicsIsraeli LiteratureGaza ConflictOctober 7Detective FictionEzekielDror MishaniLiterary JournalsHomerWar Reflections

Places mentioned

Israel
"Though the literary scholar Dror Mishani has a glowing reputation, both in his native Israel and across Europe, as a crime novelist."
Paris, France
"I first discovered Mishani in an interview he gave a few months ago in the French newspaper Le Monde."
Southern District, Israel
"Rather than a crime novel, the book is a journal that Mishani kept during the first several months of the war in Gaza."
France
"when you rush back to Israel and your family upon learning about Oct. 7 while in France for a book festival."
Cambridgeshire, United Kingdom
"Years ago, we moved back here after living in Cambridge."
United States
"A professor at the University of Houston, Robert Zaretsky is also a culture columnist at the Forward."

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