In her written works, the author blurs the line between autobiographical and fictional reality. The question of her personal identity however, is always central. On a lighter vein Tanya Ury revivifies the Golem myth. Getta Life is the contemporary parable of a Jewish vampire.

Although largely autobiographical, this narrative is told in the 3rd person; Tanya Ury adopts the name of Hermè (her & me), thereby objectifying a personal history and lending it the flavour of the antique. Hermè's fables are earnest, thought-provoking but sometimes also, playful. In her written works, the author blurs the line between autobiographical and fictional reality. The question of her identity however, is always central.

"Moische was a rare bird; there were not many like him around nowadays. He always wore black and he preferred old-fashioned clothes: a Homburg hat and an evening jacket with tails that he had picked up some years ago from an antique stall on the Altermarkt, the old market near the river Rhine, and which never appeared to leave his body for a change of fresh clothes. Along with his pointed red beard and long black hair, these garments lent him the appearance of a large raven or a bat, rather than the young man with a crick in his neck (developed from watching too much television or reading in bed) that he was. And so, to get himself out of the house and out of the way of his complaining mother, Moische started visiting the cinema."

Extract from Getta Life
Tanya Ury