„In Israel, there is no border between private and political life,” says Zeruya Shalev, one of the most distinguished contemporary Israeli writers.
This philosophy explains why, although her books are intensely intimate portraits of individual lives, they simultaneously speak volumes about society and politics. As she suggests, love, betrayal, and great emotions govern not only our private lives, but our political ones as well.
Shalev’s latest novel, „Fate” (Los), is a story about two women whose destinies are entwined by one man. It is also a powerful portrait of Israeli society, deeply scarred by profound internal divisions.