Forthcoming:

What Makes an Apple?
Six Conversations about Writing, Love, Guilt, and Other Pleasures

by Amos Oz with Shira Hadad

A series of conversations between the great Amos Oz and his editor, Shira Hadad, conducted shortly before his death. In addition to personal stories and recollections from his eventful life, Oz offers his insights on love, relationships, and the writing life.

Princeton University Press, 2022

World Shadow

by Nir Baram

The personal is political to the n'th degree in this sweeping roller-coaster of a novel, which follows small people caught up in big moments in Israel, the UK and the US, with stops in Bolivia, the Congo, and many other parts of the world. Cynical political operatives based in the US, idealist-cum-anarchist kids in London, and a well-meaning but ultimately ineffectual young Israeli trying to get ahead in the "peace industry" -- these are the main characters of the three parallel yet intertwining narratives, in a page-turning read that combines political astuteness with a painful depiction of human weakness. The novel is both a product, and a biting critique, of globalization.

Text Publishing, 2022

Conviction

by D. A. Mishani

Inspector Avraham Avraham is back with two intersecting cases that take him to Paris, and deep into the minds of his suspects. The long-awaited fourth installment in Mishani's award-winning detective series.

riverrun, 2022

Published Books:

At Night's End

by Nir Baram

The story of a profound friendship that begins in childhood and follows the intertwining paths of two men. A compassionate and personal novel of a life lived in literature, and a life lived after loss. Above all, it is a universal story of family and love; of friendship and understanding; and of the power of memory and imagination.

Text Publishing, 2021

More Than I Love My life

by David Grossman

Three generations of strong but scarred women take a journey through their shared family history, in an attempt to understand -- though with little hope of healing -- their individual trauma and its historical background. Based on a true story, this is a moving and often harrowing exploration of motherhood, love, guilt, and personal and political strife. (Translation of the Hebrew אתי החיים משחק הרבה from 2019)

Knopf, 2021

Three

by D. A. Mishani

A chilling psychological thriller about three very different women who are connected to each other through their relationships with a deceptively quiet man. Mishani is Israel's finest crime and detective novelist, and this creepy novel will send chills down your spine!

riverrun, 2020

Selected Plays I, II, III

by Hanoch Levin

A three-part anthology of plays by the late Hanoch Levin, arguably Israel's greatest playwright. This comprehensive collection provides an informative introduction and features plays from Levin's extensive oeuvre. Ranging from the farcical to the political, many of these works defy simple classifications such as "tragedy" or "comedy."

Co-translated with Evan Fallenberg, and with additional translations by Leland Frankel, Lee Nishri and Naaman Tammuz

Oberon Books, 2020

The Drive

by Yair Assulin

This searing novel tells of a young Israeli soldier at the breaking point, unable to continue his military service, yet terrified of the consequences of leaving the army. As his father drives him to meet with a military psychiatrist, their journey is not just that of a young man facing a crucial dilemma, but one that explores the soul of Israeli society and of anyone who resists regimentation and violence.

New Vessel Press, 2020

Further Up The Path

by Daniel Oz

This collection of 86 "flash fables" shows just how much thought, humor, mystery and sheer beauty can be packed into the briefest of tales. Primarily known as a poet, the author shows a virtuosic command of langauge and form, and a profoundly satisfying blend of the cerebral and the emotional.

BOA Editions, 2019

Fly Already

by Etgar Keret

(co-translator)

Three stories in my translation are included in the latest collection from the inimitable short-short story writer Etgar Keret. His extraordinary imagination and humor, as well as an unceasing exploration of what it means to be a social creature in this strange world, are on full display here.

Riverhead Books, 2019

And the Bride Closed the Door

by Ronit Matalon

Published shortly before the author's untimely death, this novella takes place on the day of a planned wedding, with the bride shut in her room refusing to emerge. The somewhat farcical family drama that ensues cannot conceal the underlying tragedy of a young woman who has felt trapped long before barricading herself in her room.

New Vessel Press, 2019

Dear Zealots: Letters From a Divided Land

by Amos Oz

One of Israel's most beloved authors, and a long-time advocate of dialogue and tolerance, offers a heartfelt plea for greater human understanding, in Israel and elsewhere. This concise collection includes three essays on the dangers of extremism and the possible ways to curtail it.

(Translation of the Hebrew שלום לקנאים from 2017)

Houghton Mifflin Harcourt, 2018

The Diamond Setter

by Moshe Sakal

This beautiful novel follows the trail of a mysterious diamond that once belonged to European royalty and ended up in the hands of a young Jewish singer in Damascus. It plays a part in a love triangle between a Jewish couple from Syria and a Muslim woman from Jaffa, then makes its way to Israel. After being robbed from a Tel Aviv jewelry shop, it resurfaces in the pocket of a young Syrian who sneaks across the border into Israel. Love stories and family intrigues, along with questions of homeland and belonging, intertwine in this fascinating story. (Translation of the Hebrew הצורף from 2014)

Other Press, 2018

All the Rivers

by Dorit Rabinyan

A sweeping affair between a Jewish Israeli woman and a Palestinian man in New York, far from the fraught impossibilities of love in their homelands. Political realities and cultural chasms are always in the background of this beautiful novel, but at heart it is an intimate, touching, and ultimately tragic love story. (Translation of the Hebrew גדר חיה from 2014)

Random House, 2017

A Land Without Borders

by Nir Baram

The impressions of a young novelist and journalist from a year spent in West Bank and East Jerusalem communities. Interviews with settlers, Palestinians, public figures and ordinary people, alongside his own perspective on the current situation and prospects for a future resolution. A disheartening but important read, as Israel approaches 50 years of occupation.

Text Publishing, 2017

Long-listed for the JQ Wingate Prize, 2018

A Horse Walks into a Bar

by David Grossman

This short novel unfolds over the course of one final show by a stand-up comedian, one of Grossman’s most brilliant protagonists to date. Although the audience–and the readers–get plenty of laughs, there is an undercurrent of heartache and bitterness that grows more and more unavoidable as the comedian delves into the darkest recesses of his soul. (Translation of the Hebrew סוס אחד נכנס לבר from 2014)

Knopf, 2017

Man Booker International Prize, 2017
National Jewish Book Award for Fiction, 2017
PEN Translation Prize Finalist, 2018

Isra Isle

by Nava Semel

A thought-provoking alternate history based on the true story of Mordecai Manuel Noah, who attempted to found an autonomous Jewish state on Grand Island, NY, in the early 19th century. (Translation of the Hebrew אישראל from 2005.)

Mandel Vilar Press, 2016

Falling Out of Time

by David Grossman

Written in a hybrid form that combines dramatic monologues, prose and poetry, this incredible book is Grossman’s painful attempt to understand the experience of losing a child. The characters, all bereaved parents, exist in a mythical time and place that allows a truly universal exploration of how human beings come to terms with death. (Translation of the Hebrew נופל מחוץ לזמן from 2011)

Knopf, 2014

The Property

by Rutu Modan

Winner of the 2014 Eisner Award for Best New Graphic Novel

A graphic novel about the experiences of a young Israeli woman who takes an ill-conceived trip to Poland with her grandmother and uncovers some family secrets.

Drawn & Quarterly, 2013

To the End of the Land

by David Grossman

David Grossman’s sweeping yet intimate novel about a mother’s love for her son, and her harrowing experience while he serves in a military operation. Hailed as a masterpiece of Hebrew literature, this outstanding novel is featured on multiple “best of 2010” lists. (Translation of the Hebrew אשה בורחת מבשורה from 2008.)

Knopf, 2010

National Jewish Book Award for Fiction, 2010
Jewish Quarterly – Wingate Prize, 2011
Finalist, National Book Critics Circle Award for Fiction, 2010

Eden

by Yael Hedaya

Yael Hedaya was a lead writer of the Israeli television series “Be-Tipul,” which served as the basis for HBO’s “In Treatment.” Her second novel delves into the lives of five residents of an Israeli moshav. (Translation of the Hebrew עדן from 2005.)

Metropolitan Books, 2010

Writing in the Dark

by David Grossman

A collection of essays and talks in which David Grossman considers his evolution as a writer, why and how he writes, and his views on the Israel-Palestine conflict and the toll it takes on both peoples.

Farrar, Straus & Girous. 2008

Finalist, PEN Center USA Literary Awards, 2015

The World a Moment Later

by Amir Gutfreund

An epic novel that traces imaginary and real events surrounding the establishment of the State of Israel. Gutfreund employs dark humor and creates memorably tragicomic characters. (Translation of the Hebrew העולם, קצת אחר כך from 2005.)

The Toby Press, 2008

1967: Israel, the War, and the Year that Transformed the Middle East

by Tom Segev

Acclaimed historian Segev gives a detailed account and a fascinating analysis of the events leading up to Israel’s Six-Day War. (Translation of the Hebrew 1967: והארץ שינתה את פניה from 2005.)

Metropolitan Books, 2007

Our Holocaust

by Amir Gutfreund

Gutfreund’s debut novel introduced readers to his bleak sense of humor and wonderfully crafted characters. Two children try to make sense of the Holocaust in this extremely original take on one of Israeli society’s formative experiences. (Translation of the Hebrew שואה שלנו from 2000.)

The Toby Press, 2006

Sami Rohr Choice Award, 2007

Accidents

by Yael Hedaya

Hedaya’s debut novel centers around two writers in 1990’s Tel Aviv, as they contend with love and loss, parenthood, and their own aging parents. Hedaya’s insights into the domestic details of these contemporary urban characters is unparalleled in Hebrew literature. (Translation of the Hebrew תאונות from 2001.)

Metropolitan Books, 2005

Her Body Knows

by David Grossman

Two intense novellas narrated in almost claustrophobic prose, exploring jealousy and destructive relationships. (Translation of the Hebrew בגוף אני מבינה from 2002.)

Farrar, Straus & Girous. 2005

Koret Jewish Book Award for Fiction, 2006

Bliss

by Ronit Matalon

The tense friendship between two women is at the center of this extraordinary novel, told against the backdrop of the First Intifada. (Translation of the Hebrew שרה, שרה from 2000.)

Metropolitan Books, 2003

Available For Publication:

Stockholm

by Noa Yedlin

A best-selling dark comedy about a group of late-middle-aged professionals who try to keep their friend's death a secret, hoping he will soon be announced a Nobel Prize winner.

(Translation of the Hebrew שטוקהולם from 2016)

complete translation available for publication

Scorpion Dance

by Shifra Horn

The story of a young man’s love for the woman who raised him, whose secrets and true identity he learns only after her death. His memories of their complicated relationship are revived when he falls in love with a young opera singer from Germany, who has come to live in Jerusalem to atone for her sense of historical responsibility.

(Translation of the Hebrew מחול העקרבים from 2012)

complete translation available for publication

A Man Walks Home

by Yoram Eshet-Alkalay

A moving memoir of the author’s devastating experience in the Yom Kippur War (1973) and his remarkable rehabilitation journey. (Translation of the Hebrew אדם הולך הביתה from 2010.)

complete translation available for publication

Published Short Works:

Stories, Screenplays, Essays & Poetry

"Gravity" / Etgar Keret

The New Yorker, September 2, 2021

"My Palestinian Diaspora" / Sayed Kashua

New York Review of Books, August 7, 2021

"The Hebrew Teacher" / Maya Arad

Curated (Dibur Literary Journal), September, 2020

"Director's Cut" / Etgar Keret

The New Yorker, July 9, 2020

"Outside" / Etgar Keret

New York Times Sunday Magazine, July 12, 2020

"Eating Olives at the End of the World" / Etgar Keret

NYR Daily, April 12, 2020

"The Ramshackle House" / Ronit Matalon

Dibur Literary Journal, Issue 7, Winter 2020

"Architect" / Boaz Izraeli

Two Lines 31, Fall 2019

"The Greatest Liar in the World" / Etgar Keret

Literary Hub, September 6, 2019

"Pineapple Crush" / Etgar Keret

Electric Literature, September 2019

Our Lady of Kazan (excerpt) / Maya Arad

Paper Brigade, Vol. 3, 2019

"De Beauvoir and Sartre on the Kibbutz" / Moshe Sakal

World Literature Today, July 2018

Earthwork (excerpt) / Liran Golod

Bellingham Review, Spring 2018

"Infertility" / Yael Ne'eman

Epiphany Magazine, Spring/Summer 2017

(winner of Epiphany's fiction-in-translation contest)

"Instructions for Eating Granny Ora's Kibbeh" / Moshe Sakal

Words Without Borders, May 2017

"Hedgehogs" (excerpt) / Liran Golod

The Literary Review, Fall 2016 Vol. 59/No. 04

Three Flash Fables / Daniel Oz

Bodega Magazine, November 2016

"A Brief History of Death" / Nir Baram

The New Yorker: Page-Turner, November 7, 2016

"Hating Myself for Fearing Hate" / Sayed Kashua

New York Times Opinion Pages, October 31, 2016

"Arctic Lizard" / Etgar Keret

BuzzFeed, October 27, 2016

"Back to School, in a New Country" / Sayed Kashua

New York Times Sunday Review, September 2, 2016

A selection of flash fables / Daniel Oz

Poetry International, August 8, 2016

Seven Flash Fables / Daniel Oz

Denver Quarterly, Vol. 50, No. 2, 2016

“I’m Not Anti-Israel, I’m Ambi-Israel” / Etgar Keret

New York Times Opinion Pages, June 24, 2016

“Guests” / Yael Neeman

The Chattahoochee Review, Spring 2016

"Rock, Paper" (excerpt) / Tomer Gardi