Bookshop Interview with Author Ben Gonshor (Episode #217)

In this week’s episode of The Bookshop at the End of the Internet, author Ben Gonshor discusses his new novel, The Book of Izzy. In this book, we meet a gentleman named Izzy who is at a dead end in his career, his romance, and his life in general. He is also experiencing a mental health crisis. But Izzy is given an opportunity to play the main character in The Dybbuk, a play that is considered Yiddish theater’s Romeo and Juliet. This novel follows Izzy’s journey from Izzy going off his meds, to experiencing the world of amateur dramatics, to ultimately discovering the impact that Yiddish theater has on his identity and his search for meaning in his life. The Book of Izzy blends dark humor with magical realism while paying tribute to Yiddish culture. In this episode, I’ll chat with Ben about his writing journey, how his success as a playwright led him to write his first novel, and what he describes as the miracle of writing.
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