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Outcast

Shimon Ballas

Translated by Ammiel Alcalay, Oz Shelach

Oz Shelach

Oz Shelach was born in West Jerusalem in 1968, has been a journalist and editor for Israeli radio and magazines, and runs an online news service and art gallery at http://www.oznik.com. He currently lives in New York.

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Picnic Grounds
A Novel in Fragments

Oz Shelach

Part reportage, part parable, part excavation of history, this jigsaw puzzle of compelling tales constitutes an exile's nostalgic tour into Israel's culture of denial. Captivating in its beguiling, seeming simplicity, Picnic Grounds is a novel built...