Mandela neither demanded nor received an entirely unconditional devotion; in power he expected his compatriots to behave as assertive citizens not genuflecting disciples
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Linda GrantLinda Grant is a writer whose novel When I Lived in Modern Times won the Orange Prize for Fiction in 2000. Her latest (non-fiction) book, The People on the Street: A Writer’s View of Israel (Virago, 2006 Recent articlesIdentity and immigration Whatever their backgrounds, newcomers to Britain have more in common than they might think. Linda Grant reflects on family history and real-life experiences. The People on the Street: A Writer's View of IsraelLinda Grant went to Tel Aviv in 2003 intending to write a novel, instead her visit produced a work of another kind – observations from a troubled land of the "people on the street", and the discovery of an Israel of many aliases. Boycotting Israel: a reply to Jacqueline RoseA boycott of Israeli writers is repressive, regressive and unworkable cultural policing, says Linda Grant. |
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