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In the Belly of the Whale
Portraits from a Fractured IsraelBy Ruth MargalitNarrated by Laurence BouvardLength9h 51m
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.
Audiobook details
Rating★★★★ 4.2 (13)
Includes LibraryThing
GenreHistory, Politics and Government
Length9 hrs 51 mins
Narrated byLaurence Bouvard
FormatAudiobook
Publish dateSep 22, 2026
LanguageEnglish
Table of contents
1Opening Credits
105. Mansour Abbas, 2021
2Dedication
116. Itamar Ben-Gvir, 2023
3Acknowledgments
126. Itamar Ben-Gvir, 2023
4Introduction
137. The Survivors of Kibbutz Be'eri, 2023 /2024
51. Sayed Kashua, 2015
148. Yinon Magal, 2025
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62. Miri Regev, 2016
159. Einav Zangauker, 2025
73. Ori Elon and Yehonatan Indursky, 2019
1610. Yair Golan, 2026
84. Israel Finkelstein, 2020
17Coda: Self, 2014
94. Israel Finkelstein, 2020
18Closing Credits
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