Bestselling Israeli author Zeruya Shalev in conversation with Lauren Groff (Florida, Fates and Furies)
When:
Wednesday, Nov 06, 2019 6:00p -
7:30p
Wednesday, Nov 06, 2019 6:00p -
7:30p
Where:
Boston Public Library
Central Library, 700 Boylston Street
Boston, MA 02116
Admission:
FREE
Categories:
Art, Lectures & Conferences, Nightlife
Event website:
https://bpl.bibliocommons.com/events/5d499a4310f3d73900999a9d
Ten years after Iris was almost killed in a suicide bombing in Jerusalem, the pain of her injuries return (much like the author, who was bedridden for six months after surviving a suicide bombing in Jerusalem). Iris is shocked when her doctor turns out to be the love of her teenage years, Eitan, whose rejection she’s never gotten over or forgiven. Caught in her past, and trapped in her unfulfilling life, they start an affair. Despite the guilt, Iris is alight with passion and love for the first time in decades. However, her world gets more complicated when she learns her daughter has been caught up in the charismatic, cultish embrace of an older man who seems to have total control over her. Iris has been tortured by the memories of Eitan’s departure and the life they never had for thirty years, and now she’s faced with an impossible choice: try to reclaim the life she should have had, or work to fix her broken family?
Zeruya Shalev was born at Kibbutz Kinneret. She is the author of four previous novels; The Remains of Love, Love Life, Husband and Wife, and Thera, a book of poetry and a children's book. Her work has been translated into twenty-five languages and won multiple awards including the Corine International Book Prize and the Welt-Literature Award.
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