The betrayers by david bezmozgis6/26/2023 ![]() Its Toronto author has won numerous awards for his previous books.įirst there was Natasha and Other Stories, which won the Toronto Book Award and Commonwealth Writer’s Prize for Best First Book. ![]() There are great expectations for The Betrayers. I’d like to understand myself and my own morality.” “As a father of three daughters I would like to be a good example to them. “These are questions we should all be asking ourselves,” says Bezmozgis. ![]() But it’s not just a political story it’s a moral story, of how people react under pressure, whether they stick to their principles, whether they can be heroic: what it means to be a moral person. When you read David Bezmozgis’ book The Betrayers, you might be surprised to find a Ukraine that isn’t under siege.Īlthough the book is set in the present day, real-life events have overtaken its political context. ![]()
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