13/08/2026
NEW MONTH, NEW ISRAELI VOICES
We are excited to introduce our monthly update, keeping you posted on the latest titles published in Israel. These works offer a glimpse into the latest voices in the Hebrew literary scene 👉
David Grossman | Words, Where You Gone? | הקיבוץ המאוחד - ספרית פועלים
When Yaron is fifteen, his father is arrested and put on trial for a large-scale financial fraud that devastated countless victims. As the lengthy court proceedings unfold, Yaron and his mother find themselves confronting painful truths about the man they thought they knew. After receiving a sixteen-year prison sentence, the father severs contact with his son. Years later, however, an unexpected turn of events reunites them. What Yaron discovers challenges everything he believed about his father and forces both him and the reader to reinterpret the novel’s earlier events. The revelation at the heart of the book is one of the most startling transformations in Grossman’s body of work.
The Late Paltiel | Matan Hermoni | אפרסמון ספרים
A manuscript whose author has died without leaving a trace finds its way into the hands of Professor Eran Wittenberg, a mediocre scholar and an almost-successful writer. A decade later, Wittenberg decides to resurrect the text buried in his desk drawer, edit it and then publish it under his own name. “Surely it’s been done before,” the professor tells himself, never imagining what demons from the past will emerge precisely when the book is warmly received and finally brings him the thing he desires above all else: literary fame.
Herzberg | Ram Gilboa | שתים בית הוצאה לאור
Like everyone else, Yoni Herzberg is caught completely off guard by the outbreak of war. His partner, Noya, is already up north on reserve duty, while he is alone in Givatayim, shuttling between his apartment and the bomb shelter. But Herzberg soon decides that the war will not defeat him. On the contrary: he is going to take advantage of all this newfound free time and catch up on everything he hasn’t done since he was single—mainly playing video games, watching television and perhaps recording a podcast. And yet something is bothering him. He can’t quite figure out what it is, so he sets out to find out.
Herzberg is a deceptive novel: laugh-out-loud funny, joyful despite its sadness, effortlessly readable from beginning to end, yet layered with meaning beneath the surface.
The World Does Not Read Poems | Shimon Zimer | הקיבוץ המאוחד - ספרית פועלים
A lecturer of literature and film, recently widowed, takes a train from Tel Aviv to Nahariya to meet a woman he desires and to finally break free of the paralysis that has gripped him since his wife’s death. A journalist hungry for recognition has lost his zest for life, but after the funeral of a longtime colleague, he finds himself on the outskirts of the city, amid a wild profusion of desires. A third man, a writer, is guided by the spirit of Tel Aviv poet Meir Wieseltier and finds himself sitting on “The Poets’ Bench.”
With his distinctive humor, Shimon Zimer portrays men attempting, by circuitous means, to escape their various circumstances.
Too Much | | Tesha Neshamot - תשע נשמות
Tal, thirty-eight, leads a peaceful life with a successful husband and a sweet son. At night, she sheds her skin: goes to techno parties in smoky, dimly lit spaces, and falls in love with every drug that reminds her what it means to feel alive. After one exhilarating year, this miraculous balance is disrupted when Tal experiences her first manic episode. In a maze of sweet lights and vivid colors, the boundary between pleasure and danger begins to blur—and then comes the darkness.
We hear about Tal’s upheavals through the voices of an array of characters: a devoted husband a friend, a housekeeper, and Tal’s sister, and none spares us the experience of life in all its beauty and ugliness.
Saying What I Really Want | Yael Feder | Illustrations: | Illustrations: Asya Eisenstein | (4-7) | הוצאת שוקן
Sometimes our heart tells us one thing, but the fear that someone will be angry with us—or our desire to be good friends—makes us say something else. Through everyday situations familiar to us all, Guy and Tamar learn to stop and listen to their hearts, to what they truly feel. They discover that it is possible to say exactly what they want—with honesty and courage, while still being considerate of others.
