One Night, Markovitch - Brossura

'A marvellous novel: tender, sensual, thought-provoking, and very funny... What shines through is Gundar-Goshen's skill as a storyteller, able to encompass both the small domestic details of men and women's lives and the large sweep of history' Rebecca Abrams, Financial Times

'This is story-telling that feels instinctive... Gundar-Goshen exerts reassuring control over her narrative... both moving and satisfying' Guardian

'[A] remarkably assured first novel with a rich and telling irony' Sunday Times

'A remarkable achievement: a lyrical and fluid story... sensual... with a delicate balance of wit and woe... defiant and passionate' TLS

'A lively meditation on love and nationhood... Gundar-Goshen's prose conveys the "sweet sound" of laughter and compassion... this novel tackles some of the controversial subjects of our time and demonstrates that comedy is a powerful means of exploring serious themes' Independent

'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. An impressive debut novel' 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 dizzying assault on the senses... The novel is both intimate and epic in its proportions... [keeps] the reader hooked until the end' Haaretz

'The kind of novel aspiring writers everywhere wish they'd penned... Funny yet simultaneously heartbreaking, it's the sort of book you'll be reading with a torch at 4am and still be clutching on the Tube the next day' Jewish News

'Gundar-Goshen has a beguiling tone, a benevolent irony well captured by Sondra Silverston' Literary Review

'[A] powerful, moving novel... Beautifully evocative... A promising debut by a very talented young Israeli writer' --Jewish Chronicle

A dazzlingly funny and tender story about love, betrayal and myth making --Bookanista

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.