In 'City Of A Thousand Gates,' Novelist Rebecca Sacks Finds Humanity Amid War's Tragedy

Tom's next guest is an author whose debut novel explores the complexities of the Israeli-Palestinian conflict with a keen eye, a compassionate and insightful ear, and a large dollop of fearlessness. Rebecca Sacks presents a sprawling cast of characters that include university students and teachers, professional soccer players and soldiers, a cartoonist from Jerusalem, a journalist from Germany, a couple of Jewish Americans, and a sprinkling of children. Like the long history of the conflict in which this novel is placed, Sacks’ story revolves on an axis that is surprising, as her characters act, on a certain level, with poignant predictability.The book is called City of a Thousand Gates. Rebecca Sacks joins us from Los Angeles.Email us at [email protected], tweet us: @MiddayWYPR, or call us at 410-662-8780.