In the Belly of the Whale: Portraits from a Fractured Israel

For more than a decade, Ruth Margalit has been chronicling life in contemporary Israel for The New Yorker and the New York Times Magazine as the country has embraced right-wing extremism under Benjamin Netanyahu. Here she collects ten of her profiles of wide-ranging figures from across society, returning to consider and update them as a writer and mother living in Tel Aviv at a time of war. Richly reported and animated by a novelist's eye for detail and drama, Margalit's writing is distinguished by its political acuity and narrative sweep. Kaleidoscopic in scope and poignant in its portrait of a country in turmoil, In the Belly of the Whale traces an unforgettable journey through present-day Israel.

© 2026 Pushkin Press (Lydbog): 9781807760526
© 2026 Pushkin Press (E-bog): 9781807760175

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Lydbog: 22. september 2026
E-bog: 24. september 2026