Sometimes a Single Leaf

ESTHER DISCHEREIT, described by her publisher, Suhrkamp Verlag, as "possibly the preeminent German-Jewish voice of the post-Shoah generation", was born in Heppenheim, Germany, in 1952 and now lives in Berlin. She has published fiction, poetry, and essays, and is a prolific writer for radio and the stage. Her first novel Joëmis Tisch – Eine jüdische Geschichte [Joëmi's Table – A Jewish Story], was ...