Tel Aviv Stories: Identity and Dislocation in a Strangely Familiar Place

JL;DR SUMMARY In her collection of short stories, "The Worlds We Think We Know," Israeli-American novelist Dalia Rosenfeld delves into the internal struggles of individuals, with Tel Aviv often playing a crucial but unspoken role. 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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