A. B. Yehoshua, the 'Israeli Faulkner,' on Zionism and Purim

Israel Prize-winning novelist, essayist and playwright A.B. Yehoshua ("Buli")-- author, most recently, of "Ahizat Moledet" (Homeland Lesson) -- was called the "Israeli Faulkner" by the New York Times. A left-wing intellectual, he has recently called on Europe to recognize Palestine as a independent state. He joins VOI's Yishai Fleisher to talk about the meaning of Zionism, and give literary depth to the Scroll of Esther.

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