Bill Moyers - Faith & Reason: David Grossman & Anne Provoost
Faith & Reason: David Grossman & Anne Provoost
Belgian writer Anne Provoost is the author of a series of provocative novels that examine topics as varied as right-wing extremism, sexual abuse, and God through the eyes of young protagonists. David Grossman is an Israeli novelist, essayist and playwright who has written extensively on Israeli-...
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