More Than I Love My Life by David Grossman

Author:David Grossman [Grossman, David]
Language: eng
Format: epub
Publisher: Knopf Doubleday Publishing Group
Published: 2021-08-24T00:00:00+00:00

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“I opened eyes for your father. He was not at all revolutionary man. He was not! Sometimes, because of what he did in the war, in the forests, people think he was big revolutionary, big hero, brave partisan, ideologue. But no, no, that was all from me. I taught him from the beginning that whole language.”

“See, this is what drives me crazy,” Nina suddenly intervenes. You can feel her claws coming out. “Because if anyone else talked about themselves like that, people would say they were an arrogant egomaniac. But somehow, when it’s you…I really don’t understand how, but it works…it’s part of…do you see what I’m saying?”

“No.” Vera licks her upper lip. “Please explain to me.”

“With you, people accept it. Everyone does. Everywhere. In the family, on the kibbutz, your friends in Yugoslavia. And more than accepting it—they admire it. How is that possible? No, seriously, Mom, explain it to me, teach me…”

Vera shrugs her shoulders. It is a cruel and terrible movement.

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