Description
Set over the span of two hours in a bar in Israel, this novel unfolds as a stand-up performance that gradually turns into something far more intimate and unsettling. A comedian’s routine—delivered to an audience that thinks it’s watching comedy—becomes the vehicle for candid, chilling revelations about his past, while a retired district court judge drawn into the night finds his own memories and moral certainties stirred. With Grossman’s signature intensity, the story probes how humor can mask grief, how trauma echoes through time, and how language—spoken in public—can expose what should remain buried. Blending associative monologue with psychological depth, it explores love and loss, the weight of history, and the “situation” of modern life where identity is constantly renegotiated under pressure.
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paperback
Random House LCC US
Published Nov 7, 2017
ISBN: 9781524711375
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First Published
2017
Language
eng
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Content and trigger warnings for A Horse Walks into a Bar by David Grossman.