World Cup Wishes
Four friends, three wishes and one story
$47.30
- Paperback
352 pages
- Release Date
15 May 2010
Summary
‘Clever, moving and humane’ Linda GrantAn intimate, warm-hearted novel about friendship, growing up and changeFour friends get together to watch the 1998 World Cup final. One of them has an idea- let’s write down our wishes for the next few years, put them away, and during the next final - four years from now - we’ll get them out and see how many we’ve achieved. This is how World Cup Wishes opens, and from here we watch what happens to their wishes and their friendships as life marches on.Th…
Book Details
| ISBN-13: | 9780701184421 |
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| ISBN-10: | 0701184426 |
| Author: | Eshkol Nevo, Sondra Silverston |
| Publisher: | Vintage Publishing |
| Imprint: | Chatto & Windus |
| Format: | Paperback |
| Number of Pages: | 352 |
| Release Date: | 15 May 2010 |
| Weight: | 372g |
| Dimensions: | 216mm x 135mm x 25mm |
| Series: | Chatto & Windus |
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It’s hard not to be completely swept away by World Cup Wishes… very readable and eloquent, but above all it is moving
It’s hard not to be completely swept away by World Cup Wishes… very readable and eloquent, but above all it is moving – Liran Danash * Maxim *[Nevo] has an astute sense of drama and an ability to shape well-rounded characters…He has all the skills needed to fill a significant role in Israeli literature – Omri Herzog * Haaretz *It brings tender emotional savvy to bear on the question of whether friendships - particularly those tight, testy bonds between groups of men - help people to grow as individuals or, in fact, hold us back * Daily Mail *What started as a realistic novel about everyday life in Israel evolves into a story about storytelling. In doing so, it confirms Nevo as one of the best young Israeli writers today * Jewish Chronicle *
About The Author
Eshkol Nevo
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 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). Eshkol is an Israel Cultural Excellence Foundation chosen artist - one of Israel’s highest recognitions for excellence in the arts.
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