spotlight – Speculative Fiction in Translation

Hebrew SFT: Anthologies

By Rachel CordascoJune 5, 2022Hebrew SFT Month, spotlightHebrew, Hebrew SFT Month, Israel, spotlight

Zion’s Fiction: A Treasury of Israeli Speculative Literature, eds. Sheldon Teitelbaum and Emanuel Lottem (Mandel-Vilar Press, 2018). “This anthology showcases the best Israeli science fiction and fantasy literature published since the 1980s. The stories included come from Hebrew, Russian, and English-language sources, and include well-known authors such as Shimon Adaf, Pesach (Pavel) Amnuel, Gail Hareven,

Hebrew SFT: Novels (Part 1)

By Rachel CordascoJune 2, 2022Hebrew SFT Month, spotlightHebrew, Hebrew SFT Month, Israel, spotlight

The Road to Ein Harod by Amos Kenan, translated from the Hebrew into the French by ?, translated from the French by Anselm Hollo (Grove Press, 1988). “In the dreamlike reality of The Road to Ein Harod, Israel is in the grip of a civil war following a military coup. Having killed an intruder, the