The "plot" of Dror Burstein\'s dazzling meditation consists of nothing more than the author\'s lying on a bench, looking up at the night sky.
Sebald and Yoel Hoffmann, "Netanya" seeks to transform human history into an intimate family story, and demonstrates how the mind at play can bring a little warmth into a cold universe..
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With a tip of the hat to W.
The result is a fascinating blend of reminiscence, fiction, and amateur science, seeking to convey not only a personal story but the big picture in which the saga of life on Earth and of the stars that surround it have the same status as anecdotes about one\'s aunts and uncles.
What results from this simple action is, however, a monologue whose scope is both personal and cosmic, with Burstein\'s thoughts ricocheting between stories from his past and visions of the origin and end of the universe.
The "plot" of Dror Burstein\'s dazzling meditation consists of nothing more than the author\'s lying on a bench, looking up at the night sky
