Discover Yaakov Shabtai’s single-paragraph novel, Past Continuous, the first truly vernacular work in the Hebrew language, and find out how to build community housing out of shipping crates.

Texts:

Past Continuous. A Novel. Translated Dalya Bilu. Tusk Ivories, 2002.

Uncle Peretz Takes off. Short stories. Translated by Dalya Bilu. Overlook Books, 2004.

Music:

Arik Einstein – My White-Throated Love

Lior Eyney – Song Of The Vineyard