mono.kultur #04 features Israeli author Zeruya Shalev. Gaining international acclaim with her second novel ‘Love Life’, Shalev established herself as a precise and relentless analyst of the emotional ups and downs dealing with our daily surroundings and lives. Painfully dissecting the state of love in modern times with her trilogy – consisting of ‘Love Life’, ‘Husband and Wife’ and ‘Late Family’ – Shalev’s richness in language and insight make mundane situations utterly compelling and addictive.

With mono.kultur, Zeruya Shalev talked about the emotional complexity of daily life, writing as catharsis and her traumatic experience of falling victim to a bomb attack in Jerusalem.

The issue contains beautiful photography of a deserted Tel Aviv on Yom Kipur as a book within a book.

Interview by Shira Hadad / Photography by Uri Gershuni / Design by Gila Kaplan

“Während sich das Gros der Zeitschriften seiner Themenvielfalt rühmt und sich unzählige Starporträts auf bunten, glänzenden Seiten tummeln, leistet sich das Interviewmagazin aus Berlin den Luxus der Exklusivität. Volle Konzentration auf die Person ist die Devise von mono.kultur. [...] Hier geht es nicht bloss um Gesichter, sondern auch um das, was hinter ihnen steckt.“
— Spex