Israeli author Ruby Namdar gave a UCSD presentation and discussed his book The Ruined House, winner of Israel’s biggest literary award (the Sapir Prize).

The Ruined House is a fascinating novel about the overwhelming presence of myth and historical trauma in our lives. A cross between Saul Bellow’s disintegrating intellectuals and Bulgakov’s mystical revelations, this is a fiercely inventive novel. – Amos Oz