From the award-winning author of Waking Lions, a novel about how one lie can change everything, when a teenaged girl's scream -- and the false assumption that comes from it -- radiates through a street, a neighborhood, and a city, and turns lives upside down. Nofar is an average -- very average -- teenage girl working in an ice cream parlor at the end of summer. Dozens of customers come to the shop every day, but no one gives her a second glance--she is not one of those girls that the eye lingers on. But Nofar's world changes completely when a well-known TV presenter comes into the shop. Bitter about his own failures, he insults and humiliates her and she flees in tears. The presenter, who is still waiting for his change, chases her and the girl screams. Nofar's shouts alert the neighbors, and to her surprise everyone is convinced that the man tried to sexually assault her. And she decides to let them believe it. For the first time in her life, Nofar finds herself the center of attention. Her lie turns her into a kind of Cinderella, as the plain, awkward ice cream seller becomes a media princess. Meanwhile, one of the only people who knows what really happened demands a price for his silence. Written with dark humor and deep insight into the shadowy side of human nature, The Liar is a story about how one little lie can make a huge difference. In a world of media connectivity and alternate facts, the scream of one girl can make an entire city tweet and howl.

The Liar

Literature & Fiction

Ayelet Gundar-Goshen

Literary

Hachette B and Blackstone Audio

One Night, Markovitch

Anansi International

One Night Markovitch

Pushkin Press

Waking Lions

Frustrated, lonely 17-year-old Nofar has spent an uneventful summer serving ice-cream to indifferent customers. She extends her break moping about her drab life, unwittingly irritating the bitter ex-reality TV star Avishai Milner, who is waiting to be served. When Nofar corrects his language after he complains about his wait, he insults and humiliates her. Deeply offended, Nofar rushes out to the backyard, and Avishai - who is still waiting for his change - chases after her. "Leave me alone!" she cries with all of her accumulated rage and hurt. Her screams quickly draw a crowd to the scene, and to her surprise everyone is convinced that Avishai trued to sexually assault her.\nNow, for the first time in her life, Nofar finds herself the centre of attention. She is lavished with support from the community and the media, who rally round her as the victim of a scandalous attempted assault. Nofar, giddy with newfound power and acceptance, finds that lies slip easily from her tongue, trapping her in a moral dilemma with devastating consequences.

Liar

The Wolf Hunt

Lilach Schuster hat alles: ein Haus mit Pool im Herzen des Silicon Valley, einen erfolgreichen Ehemann und das Gefühl, angekommen zu sein in einem Land, in dem man sich nicht in ständiger Gefahr wähnen muss wie in ihrer Heimat Israel. Doch dann stirbt auf einer Party ein Mitschüler ihres Sohnes Adam. Je mehr Lilach über die Umstände des Todes erfährt, desto größer wird ihr Unbehagen: Ist es möglich, dass Adam irgendwie damit in Verbindung steht?

Eine Nacht, Markowitz

Kein + Aber

Als Neurochirurg Etan Grien mitten in der Nacht einen illegalen Einwanderer überfährt und erkennt, dass der Mann sterben wird, trifft er eine folgenschwere Entscheidung: Er lässt den Mann liegen und meldet den Unfall nicht. Doch am nächsten Morgen steht die Frau des Opfers vor seiner Haustür und macht Etan einen ungewöhnlichen Vorschlag, der sein Leben komplett umkrempelt. Löwen wecken ist die Geschichte eines Mannes, der einen falschen Schritt tut und diesen Weg dann weiterverfolgen muss. Ein stürmischer Roman, der sich in der stark umkämpften Grauzone zwischen Liebe und Hass, Schuld und Vergebung, Gut und Böse bewegt, und der zeigt, wie zerbrechlich unser geordnetes Leben eigentlich ist.

Löwen wecken

Outro lugar (Em Portugues do Brasil)

Todavia

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