Accessibility Tools

  • Content scaling 100%
  • Font size 100%
  • Line height 100%
  • Letter spacing 100%

‘In each other’s hands’

David Grossman’s polyphonic novel on the reverberations of war
by
December 2021, no. 438

More Than I Love My Life by David Grossman, translated by Jessica Cohen

Jonathan Cape, $32.99 pb, 281 pp

‘In each other’s hands’

David Grossman’s polyphonic novel on the reverberations of war
by
December 2021, no. 438

Studying The Crucible in English class engendered fierce competition for the part of John Procter, drawn as we schoolgirls were to his irradiating idealism and dogged pursuit of truth, and besotted by his nobility. The play’s force remains even as the passage of time has worked upon subsequent rereadings. When resisting false allegations of witchcraft, Proctor’s plea is harrowing: ‘Because I am not worth the dust on the feet of them that hang! How may I live without my name? I have given you my soul; leave me my name!’

Tali Lavi reviews 'More Than I Love My Life' by David Grossman, translated by Jessica Cohen

More Than I Love My Life

by David Grossman, translated by Jessica Cohen

Jonathan Cape, $32.99 pb, 281 pp

You May Also Like

Leave a comment

If you are an ABR subscriber, you will need to sign in to post a comment.

If you have forgotten your sign in details, or if you receive an error message when trying to submit your comment, please email your comment (and the name of the article to which it relates) to ABR Comments. We will review your comment and, subject to approval, we will post it under your name.

Please note that all comments must be approved by ABR and comply with our Terms & Conditions.