Neuland

Eshkol Nevo writes beautifully, funnily and wisely about men and women… Friendship, envy, love, misery, endurance - he captures the lot * RODDY DOYLE *Tender and insightful. Eshkol Nevo is a delightful writer * FRANCESCA SEGAL *A fascinating novel, a combination of Utopia and dystopia - but above all, it is a moving story about one family, about love and loss and loneliness * AMOS OZ *Studded with wrenching emotions and original ideas… Neuland does what a novel can: it helps to clear the roadblocks in the mind – Boyd Tonkin * Independent *An immensely powerful exploration of love, grief, ‘what ifs?’ and the forces that bind and break families and nations – Ben Felsenburg * Metro *By far his most ambitious to date… Nevo manages to tell two compelling love stories, introduce a wide-ranging cast of characters, and bring to life their longing for renewal – David Herman * Jewish Chronicle *Nevo has an effortless knack for storytelling and, through his poetic prose, perfectly captures the moral, physical and philosophical dilemmas each character faces * UK Press Syndication *Neuland is a haunting story seething with metatexts… A sophisticated novel that function on multiple parameters – Sarla Langdon * Bay *Nevo is a master of plot – Ayelet Gundar-Goshen * Guardian *The kind of compulsive reading that happens only with good books * La Stampa *

Eshkol Nevo was born in Jerusalem in 1971. He studied psychology at Tel Aviv University and then worked as a copywriter for eight years. Today he teaches creative writing at a number of academic institutions. Nevo has published a collection of stories, a work of non-fiction and two novels. His first novel, Homesick, was awarded the Israeli Book Publishers Association’s Golden Book Prize (2005) and the FFI-Raymond Wallier Prize at the Salon du Livre (Paris, 2008); his most recent novel is World Cup Wishes (2012). Eshkol is an Israel Cultural Excellence Foundation chosen artist - one of Israel’s highest recognitions for excellence in the arts.

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