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Youval Shimoni

יובל שמעוני

Born 1955 · Israel

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Books on prize lists

  • In English

    Sapir 2000 · Shortlist

    A Room

    חדר · Heder

    Youval Shimoni · 44 when first published

    Novel · 597 pages

    AI-generated summary:Three seemingly separate stories: eight soldiers making an information film in a cramped room on an army base, an art student in Paris who leads three homeless men into a morgue to pose for a painting, and a legendary king who enslaves his people to raise a colossal monument.