Lit in Translation

Ayelet Shamir

אילת שמיר

Born 1964 · Israel

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Books on prize lists

  • No English yet

    Sapir 2019 · Shortlist

    נטל ההוכחה

    Netel ha-hokhahah

    Title translated by AI:“The Burden of Proof”

    Ayelet Shamir · 54 when first published

    Novel · 218 pages · Crime, Politics

    AI-generated summary:Romano, a Haifa lawyer who has long stayed on the sidelines, takes on the defence of an Arab carpenter caught up in a violent incident and finds himself in a moral and emotional tangle rooted thirty years in the past.

  • No English yet

    Sapir 2008 · Shortlist

    פסנתר בחורף

    Psanter ba-horef

    Title translated by AI:“Piano in Winter”

    Ayelet Shamir · 43 when first published

    Novel · 315 pages

    AI-generated summary:On a stormy December night, four men and two women on their way back to Tel Aviv insist on drinking at a quiet piano bar on the edge of a remote village, long after its owner wants to close.