Lit in Translation

Dror Mishani

דרור משעני

Born 1975 · Israel

In English
3 of 3

Books on prize lists

  • In English

    Sapir 2021 · Shortlist

    Conviction

    אמונה · Emunah

    Dror Mishani · 46 when first published

    Novel · 320 pages · Crime · Avraham Avraham, book 4

    AI-generated summary:A Holon police inspector juggles two cases: a newborn abandoned at a hospital, and a Swiss tourist travelling under false names who has disappeared from a hotel in Bat Yam.

  • In English

    Sapir 2019 · Shortlist

    Three

    שלוש · Shalosh

    Dror Mishani · 43 when first published

    Novel · 256 pages · Crime

    AI-generated summary:Three women find the same man: one, abandoned by her husband for a new family, wants consolation; another wants somewhere to belong and proof that God approves her path; the third wants something else altogether. He keeps the truth from them, and they keep some from him.

  • In English

    Sapir 2013 · Shortlist

    A Possibility of Violence

    אפשרות של אלימות · Efsharut shel alimut

    Dror Mishani · 38 when first published

    Novel · 259 pages · Crime, Family · Avraham Avraham, book 2

    AI-generated summary:Back from a holiday, a Holon police inspector takes on the case of a dummy bomb left outside a kindergarten, while an older father raising two sons alone since his Filipina wife vanished prepares to flee.