Times Literary Supplement
an authentic Anglo-Israeli voice ... the book’s lightness of tone belies a much darker vision
Jewish Chronicle
Naomi Shepherd’s impressive fictional debut... shows an Israel behind the façade of official myths ... these tales sparkle
Product Description
Naomi Shepherd is a prize-winning historian and biographer; here she turns her hand to fiction, revealing a razor-sharp eye, a finely attuned ear, and a keen sense of cultural dissonance. In each of these thirteen stories we see a different facet of a fast-changing country where the clash of cultures and of expectations creates situations rich in humour, poignancy, disappointment, and tragedy.
About the Author
Born in Cardiff and educated at Oxford, Naomi Shepherd has spent most of her adult life in Israel, where she was for many years a contributor to The New Statesman, a documentary maker, as well as a historian and biographer
