Batya Gur's "Murder on a Kibbutz"

On this episode, Marcela revisits Batya Gur, who introduced the murder mystery into Hebrew literature. Gur's highbrow mysteries are often set in closed communities that mirror issues in the greater Israeli society.

You can hear a previous podcast on her life and literary influence, as well as an excerpt from, Murder in Jerusalem, by following the link below.

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Murder on a Kibbutz. A communal Case. by Batya Gur. Translated by Dalya Bilu. Harper Perennial, 1994.

Previous Episode on Batya Gur

https://tlv1.fm/arts-culture/2014/10/29/the-israeli-detective-novel-israel-in-translation/

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Batya Gur's "Murder on a Kibbutz"

David Grossman's "The Desire to Be Gisella"

Dory Manor's "The Language Beneath the Skin"

Jews and Words

Meir Shalev's "The Blue Mountain"

The Poetry of Avot Yeshurun

Ayelet Tsabari's "Savta"

A. B. Yehoshua's "The Lover"

Meir Shalev's "Four Meals"

Ari Shavit's "My Promised Land"

Yaniv Iczkovits's "The Slaughterman's Daughter"

Batya Gur's "Murder on a Kibbutz"

David Grossman's "The Desire to Be Gisella"

Dory Manor's "The Language Beneath the Skin"

Jews and Words

Meir Shalev's "The Blue Mountain"

The Poetry of Avot Yeshurun

Ayelet Tsabari's "Savta"

A. B. Yehoshua's "The Lover"

Meir Shalev's "Four Meals"

Ari Shavit's "My Promised Land"

Yaniv Iczkovits's "The Slaughterman's Daughter"