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Meet Avner Mandelman
Avner Mandelman’s novel The Debba is out today!
Avner was born in Israel and served in the Israeli Air Force during the Six-Day War. Two of his story collections have been published in Canada. The U.S. story collection Talking to the Enemy was chosen by Kirkus as one of the twenty-five best books of 2005, and by the ALA as the first recipient of the Sophie Brody Medal. Several of his stories have won awards in the U.S., Canada, and Israel, including being selected for the Pushcart Prize, and the Journey Prize.
In a series of interviews, Avner talks about writing The Debba, the purpose of a novel, “fiction as hypnosis,” and much more. We’ll be featuring one segment a day all this week. In today’s segment, Avner discusses a novel’s purpose vs. polemics.
Listen: Interview with Avner Mandelman, part 2
Previous segments:
Interview with Avner Mandelman, pt. 1
