Dear readers,
"Gidi closed his eyes at the edge of the crater where Dvir had died. He felt weary, so weary. Closed in, trapped, by Shusterman on one side and Abadai on the other. Shusterman gazed toward Gaza; a smile played on his face. His unrelenting amiability and pleasant competence felt like a weight on Gidi’s chest; Abadai’s hulking macho ineptitude, in the past either exasperating or funny, now scared him. He needed what a soldier never has: solitude."
“What a Soldier Never Has,” Part 4 of my serial story "The Crater."
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Julie Zuckerman’s Monthy Author Newsletter is a great way to keep up with the Israeli and Jewish literary world. Each of Julie’s monthly Literary Modi’in events (on Zoom and in person) highlights three authors or poets. And her book recommendations are always worth considering.
Regards, and besorot tovot,
Haim