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Product Identifiers
Publisher
Akashic Books
ISBN-10
1617751545
ISBN-13
9781617751547
eBay Product ID (ePID)
201668700
Product Key Features
Book Title
Tel Aviv Noir (Akashic Noir)
Number of Pages
288 Pages
Language
English
Topic
Mystery & Detective / Collections & Anthologies, Anthologies (Multiple Authors), Mystery & Detective / International Mystery & Crime
Publication Year
2014
Illustrator
Yes
Genre
Fiction
Book Series
Akashic Noir Ser.
Format
Trade Paperback
Dimensions
Item Height
0.1 in
Item Weight
10.1 Oz
Item Length
0.8 in
Item Width
0.5 in
Additional Product Features
Intended Audience
Trade
LCCN
2014-938702
Dewey Edition
23
Reviews
"For anyone interested in some of Israel's best younger writers, as well as the seamy underside of its most populous city, Tel Aviv Noir will keep your adrenaline flowing at any hour." --Jewish Book Council "Distinct Tel Aviv neighborhoods...lay bare their gritty, less-than-lovely aspects....Even the seamiest side of Tel Aviv is briefly redeemed." --Lilith Magazine "This is a terrific collection to pick up, read a story or two, then return to, for different slices of life in Israel." --Chicaco Jewish Star "Excellent....It is delightful to discover these writers....This book will shine a different light on your next visit to Israel." --CJ: Voices of Conservative/Masorti Judaism "An ambitious collection of unique stories told in lucid, and often lurid, detail." --Jewish News (UK) "For anyone interested in some of Israel's best younger writers, as well as the seamy underside of its most populous city, Tel Aviv Noir will keep your adrenaline flowing at any hour." -- Jewish Book Council "Distinct Tel Aviv neighborhoods...lay bare their gritty, less-than-lovely aspects....Even the seamiest side of Tel Aviv is briefly redeemed." -- Lilith Magazine "This is a terrific collection to pick up, read a story or two, then return to, for different slices of life in Israel." -- Chicaco Jewish Star "Excellent....It is delightful to discover these writers....This book will shine a different light on your next visit to Israel." -- CJ: Voices of Conservative/Masorti Judaism "An ambitious collection of unique stories told in lucid, and often lurid, detail." -- Jewish News (UK), "For anyone interested in some of Israel's best younger writers, as well as the seamy underside of its most populous city, Tel Aviv Noir will keep your adrenaline flowing at any hour." -- Jewish Book Council "This is a terrific collection to pick up, read a story or two, then return to, for different slices of life in Israel." -- Chicaco Jewish Star "An ambitious collection of unique stories told in lucid, and often lurid, detail." -- Jewish News (UK), "For anyone interested in some of Israel's best younger writers, as well as the seamy underside of its most populous city, Tel Aviv Noir will keep your adrenaline flowing at any hour." -- Jewish Book Council "Distinct Tel Aviv neighborhoods...lay bare their gritty, less-than-lovely aspects....Even the seamiest side of Tel Aviv is briefly redeemed." -- Lilith Magazine "This is a terrific collection to pick up, read a story or two, then return to, for different slices of life in Israel." -- Chicaco Jewish Star "Excellent....It is delightful to discover these writers....This book will shine a different light on your next visit to Israel." -- CJ: Voices of Conservative/Masorti Judaism "An ambitious collection of unique stories told in lucid, and often lurid, detail." -- Jewish News (UK), There's a marvelous underlying tension to [the stories], a paranoid tinge, as if some vast monstrous conspiracy is lurking behind every misdeed and bad stroke of luck. , Readers interested in exploring the dark side of Tel Aviv will be fascinated by these short pieces of noir literature., "For anyone interested in some of Israel's best younger writers, as well as the seamy underside of its most populous city, Tel Aviv Noir will keep your adrenaline flowing at any hour." --Jewish Book Council "Distinct Tel Aviv neighborhoods...lay bare their gritty, less-than-lovely aspects....Even the seamiest side of Tel Aviv is briefly redeemed." --Lilith Magazine "This is a terrific collection to pick up, read a story or two, then return to, for different slices of life in Israel." --Chicaco Jewish Star "Excellent....It is delightful to discover these writers....This book will shine a different light on your next visit to Israel." --CJ: Voices of Conservative/Masorti Judaism "An ambitious collection of unique stories told in lucid, and often lurid, detail." --Jewish News (UK), The collection reflects much of the daily reality of the city, but not the sort one is likely to read in tour guides. . . . There's a complexity and virtuosity to plot and prose that leaves the reader with a sense of satisfaction and appreciation, despite the typically devastating denouement of the tales. . . . Superb., For anyone interested in some of Israel's best younger writers, as well as the seamy underside of its most populous city, Tel Aviv Noir will keep your adrenaline flowing at any hour. , Even in the Holy Land, people find ingenious ways to screw up their own lives, as the latest entry in Akashic's Noir Series proves. . . . Editors Keret and Gavron stress not what makes Tel Aviv unique but what it has in common with other cities: its people's endless, often fruitless struggle to cash in on a losing hand.
Series Volume Number
0
Dewey Decimal
892.43
Table Of Content
Introduction Part I: Encounters "Sleeping Mask" by Gadi Taub (Beach Hotels Strip) "Women" by Matan Hermoni (Basel Street) "The Time-Slip Detective" by Lavie Tidhar (Rabin Square) "Slow Cooking" by Deakla Keydar (Levinsky Park) Part II: Estrangements "Clear Recent History" by Gon Ben Ari (Magen David Square) "Saïd the Good" by Antonio Ungar (Ajami, Jaffa) "Swirl" by Silje Bekeng (Rothschild Boulevard) "My Father's Kingdom" by Shimon Adaf (Tel Kabir) "Who's a Good Boy!" by Julia Farmentto (The Opera Tower) Part III: Corpses "The Tour Guide" by Yoav Katz (Neve Sha'anan) "Death in Pajamas" by Alex Epstein (Masarik Square) "The Expendables" by Gai Ad (Ben Zion Boulevard) "Allergies" by Etgar Keret (Florentin) "Center" by Assaf Gavron (Dizengoff Center)
Synopsis
Keret and Gavron masterfully assemble some of Israel's top contemporary writers into a compulsively readable collection., Tel Aviv is in many ways the cultural capital of Israel, and it is home to many of the country's best writers. This unparalleled collection gives insight into the daily life of Israelis, albeit through a noir lens. In spite of its outwardly warm and polite exterior, Tel Aviv has quite a bit to hide - just one of the fringe benefits of a country that institutes mandatory military service. Tel Aviv Noir reveals the concealed, scarred face of this great, growing city., Gon Ben Ari's story "Clear Recent History" has been named a finalist for the Private Eye Writers of America Shamus Award for Best P.I. Short Story "This consistently strong collection showcases a group of Israeli writers who are not well known in the U.S. Definitely one of the highlights in the long-running Akashic series." -- Booklist , Starred review "May be the very best in a generally solid series....This collection escapes the limits of formula fiction and sets the bar high for subsequent Noir offerings. The genre is hot, Tel Aviv is exotic, and this volume is outstanding. What's not to like?" -- Library Journal , Starred review One of Jewish Journal 's Noteworthy Books for the New Year "Even in the Holy Land, people find ingenious ways to screw up their own lives, as the latest entry in Akashic's Noir Series proves....Editors Keret and Gavron stress not what makes Tel Aviv unique but what it has in common with other cities: its people's endless, often fruitless struggle to cash in on a losing hand." -- Kirkus Reviews "There's a marvelous underlying tension to the stories], a paranoid tinge, as if some vast monstrous conspiracy is lurking behind every misdeed and bad stroke of luck." -- San Francisco Book Review "The collection reflects much of the daily reality of the city, but not the sort one is likely to read in tour guides....There's a complexity and virtuosity to plot and prose that leaves the reader with a sense of satisfaction and appreciation, despite the typically devastating denouement of the tales....Superb." -- PopMatters "Readers interested in exploring the dark side of Tel Aviv will be fascinated by these short pieces of noir literature." -- Times of Israel Akashic Books continues its groundbreaking series of original noir anthologies, launched with the summer '04 award-winning best seller Brooklyn Noir . Each book is comprised of all-new stories, each one set in a distinct neighborhood or location within the respective city. For Tel Aviv Noir , Etgar Keret and Assaf Gavron have masterfully assembled some of Israel's top contemporary writers into a compulsively readable collection. From the introduction by Etgar Keret: "In spite of its outwardly warm and polite exterior, Tel Aviv has quite a bit to hide. At any club, most of the people dancing around you to the sounds of a deep-house hit dedicated to peace and love have undergone extensive automatic-weapons training and a hand-grenade tutorial...The workers washing the dishes in the fluorescent-lit kitchen of that same club are Eritrean refugees who have crossed the Egyptian border illegally, along with a group of bedouins smuggling some high-quality hash, which the deejay will soon be smoking on his little podium, right by the busy dance floor filled with drunks, coked-up lawyers, and Ukrainian call girls whose pimp keeps their passports in a safe two streets away. Don't get me wrong--Tel Aviv is a lovely, safe city. Most of the time, for most of its inhabitants. But the stories in this collection describe what happens the rest of the time, to the rest of its inhabitants. From one last cup of coffee at a caf targeted by a suicide bomber, through repeat visits from a Yiddish-speaking ghost, to an organized tour of mythological crime scenes that goes terribly wrong, the stories of Tel Aviv Noir reveal the concealed, scarred face of this city that we love so much." Featuring brand-new stories by: Etgar Keret, Gadi Taub, Lavie Tidhar, Deakla Keydar, Matan Hermoni, Julia Fermentto, Gon Ben Ari, Shimon Adaf, Alex Epstein, Antonio Ungar, Gai Ad, Assaf Gavron, Silje Bekeng, and Yoav Katz; translated by Yardenne Greenspan., Gon Ben Ari's story "Clear Recent History" has been named a finalist for the Private Eye Writers of America Shamus Award for Best P.I. Short Story! "This consistently strong collection showcases a group of Israeli writers who are not well known in the U.S. Definitely one of the highlights in the long-running Akashic series." -- Booklist , Starred review "May be the very best in a generally solid series....This collection escapes the limits of formula fiction and sets the bar high for subsequent Noir offerings. The genre is hot, Tel Aviv is exotic, and this volume is outstanding. What's not to like?" -- Library Journal , Starred review One of Jewish Journal 's Noteworthy Books for the New Year "Even in the Holy Land, people find ingenious ways to screw up their own lives, as the latest entry in Akashic's Noir Series proves....Editors Keret and Gavron stress not what makes Tel Aviv unique but what it has in common with other cities: its people's endless, often fruitless struggle to cash in on a losing hand." -- Kirkus Reviews "There's a marvelous underlying tension to [the stories], a paranoid tinge, as if some vast monstrous conspiracy is lurking behind every misdeed and bad stroke of luck." -- San Francisco Book Review "The collection reflects much of the daily reality of the city, but not the sort one is likely to read in tour guides....There's a complexity and virtuosity to plot and prose that leaves the reader with a sense of satisfaction and appreciation, despite the typically devastating denouement of the tales....Superb." -- PopMatters "Readers interested in exploring the dark side of Tel Aviv will be fascinated by these short pieces of noir literature." -- Times of Israel Akashic Books continues its groundbreaking series of original noir anthologies, launched with the summer '04 award-winning best seller Brooklyn Noir . Each book is comprised of all-new stories, each one set in a distinct neighborhood or location within the respective city. For Tel Aviv Noir , Etgar Keret and Assaf Gavron have masterfully assembled some of Israel's top contemporary writers into a compulsively readable collection. From the introduction by Etgar Keret: "In spite of its outwardly warm and polite exterior, Tel Aviv has quite a bit to hide. At any club, most of the people dancing around you to the sounds of a deep-house hit dedicated to peace and love have undergone extensive automatic-weapons training and a hand-grenade tutorial...The workers washing the dishes in the fluorescent-lit kitchen of that same club are Eritrean refugees who have crossed the Egyptian border illegally, along with a group of bedouins smuggling some high-quality hash, which the deejay will soon be smoking on his little podium, right by the busy dance floor filled with drunks, coked-up lawyers, and Ukrainian call girls whose pimp keeps their passports in a safe two streets away. Don't get me wrong--Tel Aviv is a lovely, safe city. Most of the time, for most of its inhabitants. But the stories in this collection describe what happens the rest of the time, to the rest of its inhabitants. From one last cup of coffee at a café targeted by a suicide bomber, through repeat visits from a Yiddish-speaking ghost, to an organized tour of mythological crime scenes that goes terribly wrong, the stories of Tel Aviv Noir reveal the concealed, scarred face of this city that we love so much." Featuring brand-new stories by: Etgar Keret, Gadi Taub, Lavie Tidhar, Deakla Keydar, Matan Hermoni, Julia Fermentto, Gon Ben Ari, Shimon Adaf, Alex Epstein, Antonio Ungar, Gai Ad, Assaf Gavron, Silje Bekeng, and Yoav Katz; translated by Yardenne Greenspan., --Gon Ben Ari's story "Clear Recent History" won the 2015 PWA Shamus Award for Best Short Story. "This consistently strong collection showcases a group of Israeli writers who are not well known in the U.S. Definitely one of the highlights in the long-running Akashic series." -- Booklist , Starred Review "May be the very best in a generally solid series. . . . This collection escapes the limits of formula fiction and sets the bar high for subsequent Noir offerings. The genre is hot, Tel Aviv is exotic, and this volume is outstanding. What's not to like?" -- Library Journal, Starred Review Akashic Books continues its groundbreaking series of original noir anthologies, launched in 2004 with Brooklyn Noir . Each story is set in a distinct neighborhood or location within the city of the book. Brand-new stories by: Etgar Keret, Gadi Taub, Lavie Tidhar, Deakla Keydar, Matan Hermoni, Julia Fermentto, Gon Ben Ari, Shimon Adaf, Alex Epstein, Antonio Ungar, Gai Ad, Assaf Gavron, Silje Bekeng, and Yoav Katz; translated by Yardenne Greenspan. From the introduction by Etgar Keret: "In spite of its outwardly warm and polite exterior, Tel Aviv has quite a bit to hide. At any club, most of the people dancing around you to the sounds of a deep-house hit dedicated to peace and love have undergone extensive automatic-weapons training and a hand-grenade tutorial . . . The workers washing the dishes in the fluorescent-lit kitchen of that same club are Eritrean refugees who have crossed the Egyptian border illegally, along with a group of bedouins smuggling some high-quality hash, which the deejay will soon be smoking on his little podium, right by the busy dance floor filled with drunks, coked-up lawyers, and Ukrainian call girls whose pimp keeps their passports in a safe two streets away. Don't get me wrong--Tel Aviv is a lovely, safe city. Most of the time, for most of its inhabitants. But the stories in this collection describe what happens the rest of the time, to the rest of its inhabitants. From one last cup of coffee at a café targeted by a suicide bomber, through repeat visits from a Yiddish-speaking ghost, to an organized tour of mythological crime scenes that goes terribly wrong, the stories of Tel Aviv Noir reveal the concealed, scarred face of this city that we love so much."
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