{"product_id":"in-the-belly-of-the-whale-portraits-from-a-fractured-israel-9781586424602","title":"In the Belly of the Whale: Portraits from a Fractured Israel","description":"\u003cb\u003e\"Margalit is one of those rare, dogged reporters who renders real lives with the subtle beauty and pain of fiction. Her portrait of Israeli society is intimate, humane, and haunting. Future generations must read this book to understand the time in which we lived.\" -- Evan Osnos, author of \u003ci\u003eThe Haves and Have-Yachts\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eFor more than a decade, Ruth Margalit has been chronicling life in contemporary Israeli for \u003ci\u003eThe New Yorker\u003c\/i\u003e and the \u003ci\u003eNew York Times\u003c\/i\u003e magazine as the country has embraced right-wing extremism under Benjamin Netanyahu. Here she collects 11 of her profiles of wide-ranging figures from across society, returning to consider and update them from her current reality as a writer and mother living in Tel Aviv at a time of war. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eTo live in Israel today, Margalit writes, is to be either a whale or a Jonah--trying to make do in the belly of the whale. Her profiles of Israelis from all strata of society represent both: outsiders trying to make a life in a system designed against them, and insiders hatching plans and amassing power all while riding the twin waves of populism and jingoism. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eRichly 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, \u003ci\u003eIn the Belly of the Whale\u003c\/i\u003e traces an unforgettable journey through present-day Israel, illuminating realities that can seem inscrutable even to the keenest observers.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eAuthor:\u003c\/b\u003e Ruth Margalit\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eBinding Type:\u003c\/b\u003e Paperback\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublisher:\u003c\/b\u003e Steerforth Press\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublished:\u003c\/b\u003e 09\/22\/2026\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePages:\u003c\/b\u003e 272\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eWeight:\u003c\/b\u003e 0.65lbs\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN:\u003c\/b\u003e 9781586424602","brand":"Steerforth Press","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":48348185002121,"sku":"9781586424602","price":19.95,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":false}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0636\/9240\/6921\/files\/img_c3a6ebef-2b44-4897-ad5a-adcf480a13ab.jpg?v=1789455181","url":"https:\/\/sonsanddaughtersbooks.com\/products\/in-the-belly-of-the-whale-portraits-from-a-fractured-israel-9781586424602","provider":"Sons and Daughters Books","version":"1.0","type":"link"}