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A.B. Yehoshua's roots go back five generations in Jerusalem. He is one of Israel's foremost novelists and an astute observer of Israeli life. In conversation with Eleanor Wachtel, he discusses his provocative new novel, The Liberated Bride - begun in the optimism of the Oslo Accord and finished during the second Intifada.

WRITING A NATION - ISRAEL AT 50 - Episode 4 of a 5-part series on the Authors of Israel, as that country celebrates its 50th anniversary. Part I: Eleanor Wachtel interviews the award-winning Arab poet, novelist, and teacher, Naʻim ʻAraidi. From a Druze village in Galilee to a PhD in Hebrew literature, Naʻim ʻAraidi writes in both Arabic and Hebrew. This episode includes a previously recorded clip of Palestinian author Anton Shammas reading from the English translation of his novel Arabesques…