In the Belly of the Whale: Portraits from a Fractured Israel
About this audiobook
For more than a decade, Ruth Margalit has been chronicling life in contemporary Israel for The New Yorker and the New York Times Magazine as the country has embraced right-wing extremism under Benjamin Netanyahu.
Here she collects ten of her profiles of wide-ranging figures from across society, returning to consider and update them as a writer and mother living in Tel Aviv at a time of war.
Richly reported and animated by a novelist's eye for detail and drama, Margalit's writing is distinguished by its political acuity and narrative sweep. Kaleidoscopic in scope and poignant in its portrait of a country in turmoil, In the Belly of the Whale traces an unforgettable journey through present-day Israel.
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About the author
Ruth Margalit is a contributing writer to The New York Times Magazine and The New Yorker. Her book reviews and essays also frequently appear in The New York Review of Books. Born and raised in Jerusalem, she studied History and English Literature at Tel Aviv University, and attended Columbia University's Graduate School of Journalism. She worked on the editorial staff of The New Yorker before moving back to Israel in 2019. She is the author of a forthcoming children's book (in Hebrew), and lives and writes in Tel Aviv.
