XXIII edition
10/15 December 2013
EDITORIALS
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Chandler Award
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Chandler Award
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Hydromania
PHOTOGALLERY HIGH RES
It is 2067 and the world has changed. The Palestinians have conquered almost all of Israel and the world is dry. Human’s lives are dominated (and controlled) by subcutaneous microchips, they communicate via "interface glasses," and above all drinking water is no longer available to all. Water corporations from China, Japan and the Ukraine are in charge of distributing it. Ido, a water engineer who invented a system for collecting and purifying rainwater, mysteriously disappears. In this sci-fi geopolitical story, Ido’s young wife Maya, a cyberpunk heroine, sets out to find her husband along the way meeting memorable characters, including the 99-year-old Assafgi (the author’s aged alter ego), who is nostalgic for the spontaneous pleasures of a bygone era: going to the movies, spending time with friends in person, Coca-Cola, the feeling of freedom and knowing that you’re not always being watched.
The author of five novels, one book of non-fiction and a collection of short stories, and the Hebrew translator or Philip Roth, J.D. Salinger and Jonathan Safran Foer, Assaf Gavron (1968) is one of the most interesting writers of the new Israeli scene that includes Etgar Keret and Nir Baram, among others. The son of British immigrants, he grew up in a small village near Jerusalem and currently lives in Tel Aviv. He lived in London for ten years, spent a year in Vancouver and another in Berlin, and says: "I loved Jerusalem, but it’s place of extremists. It’s an intolerant city. There’s no room for me there. You can live well in Tel Aviv, even though it’s very hot during the summer. There are good people, many young people. It’s a good place for anyone who wants to create culture. Especially writers." The captain of the football team of Israeli authors and singer of the pop group The Mouth and Foot, in early 2013 he published The Hilltop, about the settlements, which won much acclaim and sparked great controversy at home.
The Hilltop, Yedi’ot aḥaronot, Tel Aviv, 2013
Hydromania, Zemorah-Bitan, Yehudah, 2008
Almost Dead, Zemorah-Bitan, Yehudah, 2006
Moving, Zemŵrah-Bitan, Tel-Aviv, 2003
Sex in the cemetery, Zmora-Bitan, Tel-Aviv, 2000
Ice, Gevanim Publ., Tel-Aviv, 1997
PHOTOGALLERY HIGH RES
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