![]() ![]() When an author puts an outsider at the center of his story, he is bound to find himself at odds with the consensus of mainstream society, and that is exactly what Etgar Keret and Samir El-Youssef have done. This understanding of art's role is much less widespread in the Palestinian and Israeli societies, however here, confirmation and affirmation of identity take precedence. The deconstruction of identities and worldviews has degenerated into a kind of "institutionalized revolution" in the machinery of the art scene. In liberal western societies, subversion in the realm of art has almost become a dogma. ![]() ![]() At their joint public reading in Jerusalem, the audience's reaction was "sobering", El-Yousef reflects with hindsight ![]()
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