ADULT TITLES MAYA ARAD is an acclaimed Austen” (Alan Mintz, Jewish MAYA ARAD Israeli writer whose first book, Review of Books, Winter 2016) ANOTHER PLACE, A and her latest novel, BEHIND won the has been FOREIGN CITY, THE MOUNTAIN, Ministry of Education and received by a chorus of praise Culture Award, was from Israel’s leading critics performed as a play at the and immediately entered the Cameri Theater and was official bestseller list, as shortlisted for the Sapir Prize published by Haaretz. Arad Arad has been Writer in Residence (the Israeli Booker). has at the Taube Center for Jewish been called Hebrew Jane “a Studies, Stanford, since 2009. ההר) BEHIND THE MOUNTAIN (מאחורי (Xargol, September 2016) Recently separated, and in is offered a gig on the side: urgent need of money, Zohar Thanksgiving holiday in a Bar, an Israeli-born adjunct Sierra cabin in the company of lecturer in a Northern wealthy Israeli ex-pats, California community college, delivering a series of lectures
ADULT TITLES MAYA ARAD MAYA ARAD is an acclaimed Israeli writer whose first book, ANOTHER PLACE, A FOREIGN CITY, won the Ministry of Education and Culture Award, was performed as a play at the Cameri Theater and was shortlisted for the Sapir Prize (the Israeli Booker). Arad has been called “a Hebrew Jane Austen” (Alan Mintz, Jewish Review of Books, Winter 2016) and her latest novel, BEHIND THE MOUNTAIN, has been received by a chorus of praise from Israel’s leading critics and immediately entered the official bestseller list, as published by Haaretz. Arad has been Writer in Residence at the Taube Center for Jewish Studies, Stanford, since 2009. BEHIND THE MOUNTAIN (מאחורי ההר) (Xargol, September 2016) Recently separated, and in urgent need of money, Zohar Bar, an Israeli-born adjunct lecturer in a Northern California community college, is offered a gig on the side: Thanksgiving holiday in a Sierra cabin in the company of wealthy Israeli ex-pats, delivering a series of lectures