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The appeal of the famous Israeli writer to his fellow citizens<\/p>\n
There is one Hebrew word that David Grossman is particularly fond of: raz. It means secret, hidden essence that requires time, listening and empathy.<\/p>\n
This idea was at the center of the meeting at the Turin International Book Fair 2026, where the Israeli writer presented the column “Meridiano Mondadori” dedicated to his work over forty years old.<\/p>\n
When we find raz, he explains, “just one situation in a book is enough to see a person or a word in a completely different light”. For Grossman, literature is born from the ability to see the world through the eyes of another.<\/p>\n
Each book has changed it and has been the prologue of the other, aiming for the reader to arrive at the last page transformed, better able to catch the nuances.<\/p>\n
It is precisely this word, “nuance”, that he opposes to the present: “We live in a black and white world, full of clich\u00e9s. The writer’s task is to insist on the nuances, on what is in danger of disappearing”.<\/p>\n
This connects literature with peace. War ignores the individual and thinks in terms of masses, while literature does the opposite; it goes towards the uniqueness of the human being.<\/p>\n
“It is easy to give in to despair or hatred. Hope, however, must be generated by opposing violence and brutality,” he asserts.<\/p>\n
Asked about the future of Israel, Grossman expresses the fear that a new right-wing victory under Benjamin Netanyahu would irreversibly transform the country: “It would become a place where it would be very difficult to live, raise children or imagine a future”.<\/p>\n
Now, many Israelis feel that they are living in an “increasingly messianic and deranged” society. However, he has no intention of leaving. As part of the generation that saw the birth of the state as a miracle after the Holocaust, he says: “The moment I would no longer be able to live in Israel would be when the country would cease to be a democracy”. it rejects simplifications because it forces us to question our instincts and our morals. Recalling his works, he mentions the report “Yellow Wind” published in March 1987 on the situation in the West Bank, just before the outbreak of the First Intifada.<\/p>\n
For him, that project required courage: “You had to give up the defense mechanisms and shout what you saw loud enough for others to hear”.<\/p>\n
In the end, Grossman stopped at the younger generations and their responsibility. Today, when racism is regaining legitimacy, young people everywhere \u2013 from Ukraine to Russia, from Yemen to Israel \u2013 must prevent the resurgence of hatred. “If they want to live a free life, they will have to fight for freedom” – underlined the writer. square<\/p>\n
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