For so many years the fact that there was a building devoted to writers always amazed me.  The building was for Hebrew Writers but for some years we created a bond that was international and interlingual.  It has gradually frayed, this bond, and the building, more and more in debt, has to be demolished now to create an office building with – I hope – offices and a hall for the writers. But it will never be what it was.  

In any case I really felt I had to say goodby to the building and launched a few of the books I’ve been ignoring for the past years.  I gave away all the books I could – like a little potlatch in memory of those days….