The job of literature is to change the reader’s soul. I don… - Zeruya Shalev

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The job of literature is to change the reader’s soul. I don’t want my readers just to enjoy themselves. I want them to go through some sort of experience that might change themselves.

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Zeruya Shalev (Hebrew: צרויה שלו, born 13 May 1959) is a bestselling author who lives in Israel.

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