Homesick
Eshkol Nevo
(Author)
Sondra Silverston
(Translator)
Description
Moving from character to character, perspective to perspective, Homesick is a complex and moving portrait of parallel lives and failing love in a time of permanent war.
Product Details
Price
$15.95
$14.83
Publisher
Dalkey Archive Press
Publish Date
April 20, 2010
Pages
374
Dimensions
5.25 X 8.0 X 1.25 inches | 0.98 pounds
Language
English
Type
Paperback
EAN/UPC
9781564785824
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About the Author
Eshkol Nevo, born in Jerusalem in 1971, is one of Israel's most successful living writers. His novels have all been bestsellers in Israel and published widely in translation. His novel Homesick was long-listed for the 2009 Independent Foreign Fiction Prize; World Cup Wishes was a finalist for the 2011 Kritikerpreis der Jury der Jungen Kritiker (Austria); Neuland was included in the Independent's 2014 Books of the Year in Translation; and Three Floors Up will be adapted for film by the acclaimed Italian director Nanni Moretti in 2020. Nevo owns and co-manages the largest private creative writing school in Israel and is a mentor to many up-and-coming young Israeli writers.
Sondra Silverston has translated the work of Israeli fiction writers such as Etgar Keret, Ayelet Gundar-Goshen, Zeruya Shalev, and Savyon Liebrecht. Her translation of Amos Oz's Between Friends won the National Jewish Book Award for fiction in 2013. Born in the United States, she has lived in Israel since 1970.
Reviews
"Thirty-three year-old Nevo's first full-length novel is a deeply human book, suffused with desire and melancholy."-"Jerusalem Post"
A deeply human book, suffused with desire and melancholy.
The novel s heartfelt bass note is the beauty and difficulty of human relationships, evoked with sympathy and an ear for the nuances of different voices which is as playful as it is precise.
Nevo has created an engrossing work. . . . This is a compelling novel which I never wanted to end. --Julia Pascal
A warm, wise and sophisticated novel. I read it with much pleasure. --Amos Oz, author of A Tale of Love and Darkness
A deeply human book, suffused with desire and melancholy.
The novel s heartfelt bass note is the beauty and difficulty of human relationships, evoked with sympathy and an ear for the nuances of different voices which is as playful as it is precise.
Nevo has created an engrossing work. . . . This is a compelling novel which I never wanted to end. --Julia Pascal
A warm, wise and sophisticated novel. I read it with much pleasure. --Amos Oz, author of A Tale of Love and Darkness
