The Victim

Interesting Facts

• In this novel, the city's summer heat becomes not only a backdrop but also a metaphor for the characters' inner tension, like air filled with anxiety and unresolved feelings.
• The main character, Asa Leventhal, is drawn into a psychological game where the boundaries between guilt and innocence blur, and a chance encounter turns into a fateful connection.
• The theme of Jewish identity and loneliness permeates the narrative, revealing the inner conflict of a person searching for their place in a world full of mistrust and prejudice.
• The relationships between the characters are built on subtle nuances of speech, undertones, and unspoken words, giving the novel a distinctive atmosphere of tense anticipation.
• The novel explores the nature of victim and aggressor, prompting the reader to reflect on how easily one can find oneself on either side of this fragile boundary.
• The text echoes the motif of chance, which can upend ordinary life, turning the everyday into a series of trials and moral choices.