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Eshkol Nevo

Biography

Eshkol Nevo

Eshkol Nevo is the author of five novels, all bestsellers in Israel. Three have been published in English: NEULAND (2014), which was included in The Independent‘s list of Books of the Year in Translation; WORLD CUP WISHES (2010); and HOMESICK (2008), a finalist for the prestigious Independent Foreign Fiction Prize. In 2008 Nevo was awarded membership in the Israel Cultural Excellence Foundation. He is the owner and co-manager of the largest private creative writing school in Israel and is mentor to many up-and-coming Israeli writers.

Eshkol Nevo

Books by Eshkol Nevo

by Eshkol Nevo - Fiction

On the first floor, Arnon, a tormented retired officer, 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 marriage in peril. Above Arnon lives Hani, known as "the widow," whose husband travels the world for his lucrative job while she stays at home with their two children, increasingly isolated and unstable. When her brother-in-law suddenly appears at their door begging her to hide him from loan sharks and the police, she agrees in spite of the risk to her family. On the top floor lives a former judge, Devora. Eager to start a new life in her retirement, Devora joins a social movement, desperately tries to reconnect with her estranged son, and falls in love with a man who isn't what he seems.