Books from Israel
36 popular israeli books
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The target of the Read Around The World Challenge is to read at least one book written by an author from each and every country in the world.
All books that are listed here as part of the "Read Around Asia Challenge" were written by authors from Israel.
Find a great book for the next part of your reading journey around the world from this book list. The following popular books have been recommended so far.
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The Liar by Ayelet Gundar-Goshen EN
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An Elle Magazine 2019 Best Book of the Year "A brilliant fable about the lure of lying and the lure of fame. The writing is wonderful." --Joan Silber, National Book Critics Circle and PEN/Faulkner award-winning author of Improvement From the award-winning author of Waking Lions, a provocative novel about how one mistake can have a thousand consequences Nofar is an average teenage girl---so average, in fact, that she's almost invisible. Serving customers ice cream all summer long, she is desperate for some kind of escape. One afternoon, a terrible lie slips from her tongue. And suddenly everyon... continue
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INCLUDED ON MORE THAN TEN BEST OF THE YEAR LISTS, INCLUDING THE GUARDIAN, PUBLISHERS WEEKLY, SALON, AMAZON, AND THE WASHINGTON POST! "Modan delights in bringing the subtlest emotional shadings to vivid and often comical life on the page...[The Property is a] wryly funny and ultimately wrenching graphic novel." -NPR The award-winning author of Exit Wounds returns with a story about secrets, money, and the bonds of love The Property is a work that will inspire, fascinate, and delight readers and critics alike. Savvy and insightful, elegant and subtle, Rutu Modan's second full-length graphic nove... continue
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The Teacher by Michal Ben-Naftali EN
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Based on true events, the story of a Holocaust survivor who spent her life trying to disappear.
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Three Floors Up : A Novel by Eshkol Nevo EN
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THE BASIS FOR THE CANNES FILM FESTIVAL'S PALMA D'OR-NOMINATED FILM Set in an upper-middle-class Tel Aviv apartment building, this best-selling and warmly acclaimed Israeli novel examines the interconnected lives of its residents, whose turmoils, secrets, unreliable confessions, and problematic decisions reveal a society in the midst of an identity crisis. On the first floor, Arnon, a tormented retired officer who fought in the First Intifada, confesses to an army friend with a troubled military past how his obsession about his young daughter's safety led him to lose control and put his marriag... continue
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To the End of the Land by David Grossman EN
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Ora, amiddle-aged Israeli mother, is on the verge of celebrating her son Ofer's release from army service when he returns to the front for a major offensive. This a book of mourning for those not dead, a mother's lament for life during a wartime that has no end in sight. At the same time, it's joyously and almost painfully alive, full to the point of rupture with the emotions and the endless quotidian details of a few deeply imagined lives. Ora, the Israeli mother in Grossman's story, is surrounded by men: Ilan and Avram, friends and lovers who form with her a love triangle whose intimacies an... continue
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En las afueras de Tel Aviv, un edificio de tres plantas, con dos departamentos en cada una.
Escucharemos, sucesivamente, el monólogo de uno de los moradores de cada uno de los pisos, y podremos observar el aislamiento en que viven respecto a sus vecinos, que aparecen mencionados al pasar en cada monólogo, y como podremos ver, con con frecuencia con impresiones bastante erróneas.
La historia de cada uno es muy interesante, y nos tiene en vilo respecto a cómo terminará. Los personajes están muy bien construidos, y las situaciones que viven, muy humanas... continue