from Israel
House Arrest
This prize-winning satirical novel chronicles a scandal that envelops a prominent Jerusalem family and leads to its downfall. Told largely through the eyes of one of her three children, the story begins when Elisheva Fogel, depicted as a well-known figure among Israel’s peace activists of...
from Germany
Botany of Madness
A young man is gripped by one fear: that he’ll lose his mind. In his family, mental illness has shaped lives for generations, and time in psychiatric wards has become almost a rite of passage. His battle to avoid inheriting his grandmother’s suicidal behavior, his...
from France
A Very Brief Theory of Hell
A Frenchman, driven by the desire to escape himself, takes a job at the French high school in Abu Dhabi and settles there with his wife and child. The family’s path soon crosses with that of a Sri Lankan immigrant who arrived in the Persian...