Just a Normal Israeli Family
- Where: Václav Havel Library, Ostrovní 13, Prague 110 00
- When: September 20, 2019, 19:00 – 21:00
Discussion with the Israeli writer Eshkol Nevo about his novel Three Floors Up.
The novel is set in contemporary Tel Aviv but the themes it addresses are common to humanity and familiar to readers across all continents. It tells the stories of three inhabitants of a building in a quiet suburb. Nevo explores what happens when an “orderly” person living an utterly normal life encounters extraordinary situations. How deeply does it shake his world and the established order that governs it? Are characters’ decisions and their consequences irreversible, or is there always a route back? And do the protagonists even want to make that journey?
The novel Three Floors Up was a bestseller in Israel and ranks among Nevo’s best.
It has been translated into more than 10 languages and should receive a film adaptation this year.
Hebrew Studies expert and translator Lenka Bukovská will moderate. Interpretation into Czech provided.
Organised by the Václav Havel Library in cooperation the Garamond publishing house.