In addition to his literary work, David Grossman consistently impresses with his essays and speeches on politics, society, and literature. "The situation is too desperate to leave it to the desperate," he says. For the award-winning author, the political is inextricably linked to the personal. When Grossman analyzes the situation in Israel fifty years after the Six-Day War, describes the consequences of ongoing political despair in the Middle East, or discusses the role of literature in the post-factual age, he always incorporates his personal situation. His pleas for freedom and individuality, against defeatism and resignation, are texts that endure.