I didn’t want to reach this state, on my back with limbs stretched out.
Not that it was so great out there, but to be like something from a museum zoology exhibit wasn’t...
Galit Dahan CARLIBACH (fiction writer; Israel) is a writer, essayist and creative writing teacher. Her several books include the YA series Arpilea and two novels, [The Locked Garden] and [On the Edge], which won the Prime Minister’s Prize for Hebrew writers. She has also been awarded the National Library’s Pardes Scholarship, and the Acum Prize.
I didn’t want to reach this state, on my back with limbs stretched out. Not that it was so great out there, but to be like something from a museum zoology exhibit wasn’t... media_text
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My grandmother is what is known as a colorful woman. There are many elements that contribute to her colorfulness: black shawls draped over her body like witches’ capes; great fans with lace trims, sparkly polish... media_text
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One meter, ninety-nine centimeters. Six feet, five and a half inches. I’m just a girl who’s always high. From this kind of height, you can’t get your head in a huddle,... media_text
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