Is David Grossman a More Jewish Voice Than an Israeli Writer?

Gao: David Grossman has this thing where he says if he had to describe who he is and in the order of what's most important, but I think he would say that he was Jewish, male, Israeli in that order. Is there some truth in that about you being a more Jewish voice than an Israeli voice, do you think? Gao: Yeah, well I wouldn't want to know where to put the male thing, you know, I probably just put it somewhere on the shelf,. But I'm definitely, I would see myself Jewish before I see myself as Israeli, because as my mom would say, the Nazis had decided that for us, we can immigrate from

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