Seattle Arts & Lectrures series presents: David Grossman. Grossman is a celebrated Israeli whose latest novel, To the End of the Land has been nominated for several awards including the National Book Critics Circle Award and can easily be classified as one of the most controversial novels on the Israeli-Palestinian conflict written thus far. While Grossman has produced an abundance of fiction surrounding the political and emotional turmoil of life in a country constantly riddled with strife, he has yet to produce something as moving and beautifully tragic as this latest work.

From Seattle Arts & Lectures:

For over a decade, Israeli writer David Grossman avoided addressing the Israeli-Palestinian conflict in his fiction, though it was always a subject of his journalism and nonfiction. But in 2003, he began work on the novel that would become To the End of the Land, the story of a Jewish mother tormented by fear for the life of her son in the Israeli military. The story became all too real for Grossman when his own son, Uri, lost his life in the 2006 conflict between Israel and Lebanon. To the End of the Land was published in Israel in 2008; the English translation was published in 2010.

Grossman's books have been translated into over 30 languages for world-wide publication and his novels have won acclaim, as well as prestigious book awards, throughout the decade. Through his willingness and determination to speak out on his political beliefs, Grossman has also become a noted activist and critic of Israel's policy towards Palestinians. He, along with Amos Oz, has become one of the most recognized and prominent cultural advocates of a two-state solution to the Israeli-Palestinian conflict.

To the End of the Land is arguably Grossman's most politically and emotionally charged looks at the conflict, and was written and published during the author's personal tragedy directly relating to the conflict he so eloquently addresses. Through his story of a woman trapped in her own struggle dealing with these very issues, Grossman creates an undeniably harrowing and real scenario being faced by mothers and fathers every day in Israel. It is an honor to have him speaking with us at Town Hall this month -- if you are at all interested in the topic, we highly recommend you come to this talk as it is sure to be a touching, as well as an eye-opening experience.

Thursday, November 10th at 7:30p.m. // Town Hall, 1119 Eighth Avenue // $15 - $30, tickets can be purchased here

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