Ayelet Gundar-Goshen was born in Israel in 1982. She holds an MA in Clinical Psychology from Tel Aviv University, has been a news editor on Israel's leading newspaper and has worked for the Israeli civil rights movement. Her film scripts have won prizes at international festivals, including the Berlin Today Award and the New York City Short Film Festival Award. One Night, Markovitch, her first novel, won the Sapir Prize for best debut. Her second novel, Waking Lions, will be published by Pushkin Press in 2016.
A marvellous novel... What won me over from the first page is the
exuberant generosity of Gundar-Goshen's storytelling, the fine
balance she sustains in her portrayal of the rich comedy of human
experience... able to encompass both the small domestic details of
men and women's lives and the large sweep of history
*Financial Times*
A lush debut... This is storytelling that feels instinctive,
chasing characters into extreme situations... Gundar-Goshen exerts
reassuring control over her narrative... both moving and
satisfying'
*Guardian*
Utterly delightful... passionate, funny and very moving
*The Times*
Sensual, passionate... with a delicate balance of wit and woe... A
remarkable achievement
*TLS*
Wry, ironically tinged and poignant... reminds us that the
miraculous is only a step away from the mundane... this is a fable
for the twenty-first century
*Sunday Telegraph*
A lively meditation on love and nationhood... this novel tackles
some of the controversial subjects of our time and demonstrates
that comedy is a powerful means of exploring serious themes
*Independent*
Touching and often funny... infused with a rich and telling
irony
*Sunday Times*
A narrative steeped in wit, beauty and drama... beautifully
brocaded with humour and sensuality... Ayelet Gundar-Goshen is an
exceptional literary talent, whose debut novel is an incredibly
rich tale of history, love, obsession and new beginnings... A
magnificent story, one that keeps you gripped from beginning to
end
*Huffington Post*
A tragi-comic tale of origins and loneliness... Gundar-Goshen
establishes a sprightly and original narrative voice and creates
some wonderfully vivid Dickensian characters. She displays a fresh
zesty imagination and balances the humour and sadness very
skilfully
*Herald*
It's hard to believe One Night, Markovitch is a debut... It is
genuinely funny and delightfully quirky... unpredictable, sensuous
and vivid... The prose stays economical yet poetic, and the
characters so pitifully human [that] it is, at times, immensely
touching
*Big Issue*
A moving exploration of love, longing and belonging
*Daily Express*
Funny, poetic, yet heartbreaking... an excellent debut novel about
the unfathomable mysteries of the human heart and the birth of
Israel... It's set to rival Captain Corelli's Mandolin
*Lady*
Has eternal truths about humanity at its core, while telling a
truly individual story. It is a wonderful book
*Writes of Woman (blog)*
A dazzlingly funny and tender story about love, betrayal and myth
making
*Bookanista*
Vivid descriptions of landscape and irresistibly amusing
dialogue... a dizzying assault on the senses, both intimate and
epic... it has drama, sex, betrayal and humour - everything
necessary
*Haaretz (Israel News)*
Gripping... beautifully evocative and there are perhaps
half-a-dozen moments when your mouth will open in astonishment at
some dramatic twist... There is something very simple, almost
biblical, about the storytelling
*Jewish Chronicle*
One Night, Markovitch is a standout debut novel that is by turn
mesmerising, elegant, funny and insightful. Gundar-Goshen is a
storytelling voice to watch.
*Melissa Cox, Head of Books, Waterstones*
[A] dazzling debut novel...
Her voice soars into magic realism with scenes evoking both Mel
Brooks and Gabriel GarciaMarquez...
[Gundar-Goshen] writeswith supreme confidence and a comic touch
that ranges fromslapstick to sly humour.
The honesty of her characters shows whycomedy can be the perfect
vehicle for tragedy.
*Toronto Star*
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