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Assaf Gavron
Writer. Born 1968. Grew up in Jerusalem. Studied in London and Vancouver.
Published four books of fiction in Israel.
Also an editor, translator, musician. Lives in Tel Aviv.
Books
CrocAttack, a novel. Was or will be published in the following countries:
Israel, as Tanin Pigua by Kinneret-Zmora-Bitan (2006).
Germany, as Ein Schones Attentat, by Random House / Luchterhand (2008).
Italy, by Mondadori, title and date TBA.
Holland, by Ailantus, title and date TBA.
France, by Payot & Rivages, title and date TBA.
More information in English can be found here.
More information in German can be found here.
"An impressive and important book on 'our' story and 'their' story, which moves between Tel Aviv, Jerusalem and Ramallah, and succeeds in penetrating the details of the conflict, its roots and its hopelessness, and which tries courageously - in a way that is bound to infuriate many - to enter the consciousness of someone who is considered by 'us' to be Satan: the suicide bomber.
Gavron does all this convincingly, and manages to place a mirror, not very flattering but full of compassion and moments of grace, in front of the shaken and distorted reality we live in."
Tel Aviv Magazine
"This montage of two parallel yet starkly different lives is gripping right from the very first page...
An exciting novel full of devastating conflicts and touching, moving moments. A must-read."
Full review >>>
Qantara.de
Moving, a novel. Published 2003 by KZB. Best-seller. A movie based on the novel is in production.
"A tragic-comic, fascinating, believable and original novel… an absurd, wild and funny story… beautifully portrayed characters… Moving reveals Assaf Gavron as a talented and truly serious artist." Haaretz.
"A wonderfully fun book", Yediot Achronot
Download a translation sample of "Moving" here.
Sex in the Cemetery, short stories. Published 2000 by Zmora-Bitan. Some stories were translated to Russian. One story was adapted for the stage at the Habima National Theatre.
"Gavron writes literature of the highest quality... his stories are read breathlessly. They are full of sexual and social tensions waiting to explode, riddles demanding deciphering, and compressed truths waiting
to wane… He is hardly ever off-key, not even when he describes violence or wild sex scenes, not even when he allows himself, rarely, to become poetic… finally we can enjoy inventive Hebrew fiction." Yedioth Achronot
Ice, a novel. Published 1997 by Gvanim. A chapter from it Won the “Yediot Achronot” science fiction award, 1997.
Other
Several short stories published in various anthologies and publications.
Edited “Ototo,” a collection of short fiction by Israel's leading young writers. Published 1999 by Zmora-Bitan and Hed-Arzi. Best-seller.
Translated several books of fiction from English to Hebrew, including recently the novels by Jonathan Safran Foer, "9 Stories" by J.D. Salinger and "Portnoy's Complaint" by Philip Roth.
Chief writer for computer game Peacemaker.
As singer and songwriter with cult pop group The Mouth and Foot, released four albums.
Contact
Assaf Gavron is represented by Thomas Hoelzl of the Eggers & Landwehr KG agency in Berlin, Germany.
Please contact him or email here for further information.
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