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Tuvia Tenenbom: Divided America

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  • Where: Václav Havel Library, Ostrovní 13, Prague 110 00
  • When: November 2, 2017, 17:00 – 19:00

As funny as Borat, as clever as Woody Allen and as persistent as Michael Moore. That’s Tuvia Tenenbom. After success on the Israeli and German markets, where his books have become bestsellers, the Zeď publishing house is now presenting Tenenbom’s work in the Czech Republic.

The Israeli-American writer, journalist and playwright (born 1957) will present The Lies They Tell, an unusually witty and simultaneously alarming exploration of the contemporary US. The book, though it was written before Donald Trump’s victory, explores the roots of today’s political transformations in the US, the disconnect between the liberal coasts and the rest of the country and incredibly widespread anti-Semitism and hatred of Israel, as well as the US’s hypocritical stance toward blacks. In the book Tenenbom criss-crosses the country, posing clever, seemingly naïve questions in conversations with hundreds of people to compose a picture that has left many both entertained and astonished. Tenenbom is neither of the left nor of the right but is essentially seeking the truth. In so doing he annoys all and sundry.

Tuvia Tenenbom will present The Lies They Tell in person.

Introduced by Daniel Anýž and Jan Pergler (publishers Zeď).

Interpretation into Czech provided.

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