New Documentary Explores Writer Meir Shalev's Unfinished Jerusalem Stories
Translated & summarized from Haaretz by baba
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- A documentary explores writer Meir Shalev's life and work.
- The film features Shalev's notebook with "Jerusalem Stories."
- These stories were likely inspired by Gogol's "Petersburg Tales."
- Shalev had a complex relationship with Jerusalem.
- The writer did not complete the "Jerusalem Stories."
A new documentary titled "Ha'Davar Haya Kacha" (This Was How It Was) on the life and work of acclaimed Israeli writer Meir Shalev features a poignant scene near its end. The scene shows one of Shalev's notebooks, discovered after his funeral procession. On a page dedicated to ideas and thoughts, the heading "Jerusalem Stories" appears, likely inspired by Gogol's "Petersburg Tales." The film suggests that Shalev did not manage to complete these Jerusalem stories, leaving viewers to imagine what might have emerged from the writer, who had a complex relationship with the city, a city he described as a "virus" his father tried to infect him with.
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