from Israel
House Arrest
This prize-winning satirical novel chronicles a scandal that envelops a prominent Jerusalem family and leads to its downfall. The unsettling tale begins when Elisheva Fogel is accused of embezzling millions from the think tank she directs. Her three adult children try to close ranks, but...
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...