Daniella Zamir
1) The others
Author
Publisher
Mulholland Books/Little, Brown and Company
Pub. Date
2021.
Language
English
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Description
As soon as Sheila hears the news, she knows the police will be calling. Dina Kaminer—one of Israel’s preeminent feminist scholars and Sheila’s oldest friend—has been found murdered, the word “mother” carved into her forehead and a baby doll fixed to her hands. For Sheila, that word is a warning. Two decades before, she and Dina had joined a group of women who swore they would never have children. Instead, they would follow the example...
Author
Publisher
Astra House
Pub. Date
[2021]
Language
English
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Description
A debut collection of short stories that provide glimpses into contemporary Israeli life, including the tale of a scheming tech start-up executive whose ambition has dire consequences and an army platoon of the elderly looking for purpose.
3) The teacher
Author
Publisher
Open Letter
Pub. Date
2019.
Language
English
Description
"No one knew the story of Elsa Weiss. She was a respected English teacher at a Tel Aviv high school, but she remained aloof and never tried to befriend her students. No one ever encountered her outside of school hours. She was a riddle, and yet the students sensed that they were all she had. When Elsa killed herself by jumping off the roof of her apartment building, she remained as unknown as she had been during her life. Thirty years later, the narrator...
Author
Publisher
Pegasus Crime
Pub. Date
2020.
Language
English
Description
"When an Israeli tech executive disappears from Charles de Gaulle airport with a woman in red at his side, logic dictates youthful indiscretion rael is on a state of high alert nonetheless. And for Commissaire L�eger of the Paris Police Force, all coincidences are suspect. When a second young Israeli from the flight is kidnapped, this time at gunpoint from his hotel room, his suspicions are confirmed--and a diplomatic crisis looms. As the race to...
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