I WAS THERE TOO

I was there too is a groundbreaking book for an entire generation that fought repressed and unglamorous wars, paid heavy prices and remained transparent. Yonatan Herblin, a gifted writer in his mid-twenties, is a warrior who carries with him deep scars in his soul, one of the first of his generation to process that war and its costs. He does this with talent, tenderness and human love that permeates every word, and proves to be an authentic and touching speaker of the spirit of the times. I was also there accompanying his hero in the days leading up to the Tzuk Eitan war and in the war itself, in the psychologist's room to which he was referred to deal with the shock of the battle, and in his travels as a backpacker in South America. In doing so, he touches on rare themes in contemporary Hebrew literature and plants contemporary phenomena - the trip after the army, drinking alcohol and drug use - not only in the social context, but also in the mental context. Like his young hero, Yonat