Tel Aviv Noir (Akashic Noir)
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| Rating | : | 4.49 (792 Votes) |
| Asin | : | B00LRHWY2W |
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| Number of Pages | : | 517 Pages |
| Publish Date | : | 2016-06-07 |
| Language | : | English |
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Dark, But Delicious Larry Mark MyJewishBooksDotCom Akashic Books has published dozens of anthologies of original noir short stories set in cities from Brooklyn to Tehran to Manila and Belfast. Now it has arrived in Tel Aviv. The collection of 14 stories is a delightfully dark, queasy, heart palpitating collection.The stories are set around Tel Aviv: Florentin, Dizengoff, Rabin Square, the lobby of a swank hotel on Rehov Hayarkon. The stories fall into three sections: “Encounters,” “Estrangements” and. Eric Maroney said New Short Fiction. Tel Aviv Noir is an exciting and eclectic round of short stories. There are many surprises in this collection, and for those who do not read Hebrew, many new names whose work has never been translated into English.Despite the title, this collection very seldom falls into genre traps. Whatever formulaic demands the writers make to creating a “noir” story are offset by vibrant characterization and plot twists.But like any collection of diverse stories, some will h. Very good selection of excellent writers N. Richman Very good selection of excellent writers, varied themes. It held my interest, and I'm not a big fan of short stories.
"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 neighborhoodslay 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)
Each book is comprised of all-new stories, each one set in a distinct neighborhood or location within the respective city. Short Story!"This consistently strong collection showcases a group of Israeli writers who are not well known in the U.S. But the stories in this collection describe what happens the rest of the time, to the rest of its inhabitants. Most of the time, for most of its inhabitants. 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 tutorialThe 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. 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, G