TEL AVIV NOIR - Edited by Etgar Keret and Assaf Gavron - Translated by Yardenne Greenspan

Oct 14, 2026

TEL AVIV NOIR is an original noir anthology from Akashic Books, created as part of the publisher’s award-winning city-based series. Edited by Etgar Keret and Assaf Gavron and translated by Yardenne Greenspan, it assembles brand-new stories by leading contemporary writers. Each piece is set in a distinct Tel Aviv neighborhood or location, revealing a concealed, scarred side of the city beyond its polite exterior—through crime scenes, ghosts, bomb threats, and mythological wrongdoing.

LanguageEnglish

CategoryComic

FormatPDF

Pages293

Reading Time1 h 51 min

AccessFree to download

TEL AVIV NOIR

Brand-New Stories

Introduction and City Portrait

Publisher and Publication Details

tel aVIVnOlPEDITED BY ETGAR KERET &ASSAF GAVRON GADI TAUB◆ ALEX EPSTEIN◆ LAVIE TIDHAR MATAN HERMONI◆ DEAKLA KEYDAR◆ YOAV KATZ◆ AND OTHERS # TEL AVIV NOIR TRANSLATED BY YARDENNE GREENSPAN Akashic Books continues its award-winning series of origi-nal noir anthologies,launched in 2004 with BROOKLYNNOIR.Each book is comprised of all new stories,each oneset in a distinct neighborhood or location within the re-spective city.For TEL AVIV NOIR,Etgar Kere and AssafGavron have masterfully assembled some of Israel's top con-temporary writers into a compulsively readable collection. BRAND-NEW STORIES BY:Etgar Keret,Gadi Taub,LavieTidhar,Deakla Keydar,Matan Hermoni,Julia Fermentto,GonBen Ari,Shimon Adaf,Alex Epstein,Antonio Ungar,Gai Ad,Assaf Gavron,Silje Bekeng,and Yoav Katz. US $26.95TWITTER:@AKFACEBOOK:A978161775315222wwW.AKASH 04/04/20193:50-3 In spite of its outwardly wasm andpolite exterior,Tel Aviv has quite abit to hide.At any club,most of thepeople dancing around you to thesounds of a deep-house hit dedicatedto peace and love have undergoneextensive automatic-weapons trainingand a hand-grenade tutorial... The workers washing the dishes in thefluorescent-lit kitchen of that sameclub are Eritrean refugees who havecrossed the Egyptian border illegally,along with a group of bedouinssmuggling some high-quality hash,which the deejay will soon be smokingon his little podium,right by the busydance floor filled with drunks,coked-uplawyers,and Ukrainian call girls whosepimp keeps their passports in a safetwo streets away. Don't get me wrong—Tel Aviv is alovely,safe city.Most of the time,for most of its inhabitants.But thestories in this collection describe whathappens the rest of the time,to therest of its inhabitants.From one lastcup of coffee at a café targeted by asuicide bomber,through repeat visitsfrom a Yiddish-speaking ghost,to anorganized tour of mythological crimescenes that goes terribly wrong,thestories of Tel Aviv Noir reveal theconcealed,scarred face of this city thatwe love so much. —ETGAR KERET,from the roduction ETGAR KERETwas born in TelAviv in 1967.Heis the author offive collectionsof short stories,three children'sbooks,and threegraphic novels.His writing has been published in the New Yorker,Zoetrope,and the Paris Review.His books have beentranslated into thirly-four languages andpublished in nearly forly countries.In 2007,Keret and Shira Geffen won the CannesFilm Festivals Caméra d'Or award for theirmovie Jellyfish.In 2010,Keret received theChevalier Medallion of France's Ordre desAris et des Leres. ASSAF GAVRONis an Israeli writerand translator.Heis the author of fivenovels and a shortstory collection.He is the winnerof several awardsincluding thelsraeli Prime Minister's Creative Award for Authors,Buch für die Stadt in Germany,and prixCourrier international in France.Gavron isresponsible for the highly regarded English-to-Hebrew translations ofJ.D.Salinger's NineStories,Philip Roth's Portnoy's Complaint,andJonathan Safran Foer's novels.His latestnovel is The Hilltop. cOVER PHOTO:ELDAD CARIN/SHUTTERSTOCKCOVER pSeSSAARON PETROVICHETGAR E了800:YEHIEL YANAY # TEL AVIV NOIR EDITED BYETGAR KERET AND ASSAF GAVRON translated by Yardenne Greenspan This collection is comprised of works of fiction.All names,charac-ters,places,and incidents are the product of the authors'imaginations.Any resemblance to real events or persons,living or dead,is entirelycoincidental. Published by Akashic BooksC2014 Akashic Books Series concept by Tim McLoughlin and Johnny TempleTel Aviv map by Aaron Petrovich Hardcover ISBN:978-1-61775-315-2 Paperback ISBN:978-1-61775-154-7 Library of Congress Control Number:2014938702 All rights reservedFirst printing Grateful acknowledgment to Israel's Office of Cultural Affairs,Consulate General of Israel in New York,for supporting the publica-tion of Tel Aviv Noir: Akashic Books Twitter:@AkashicBooksFacebook:AkashicBooks E-mail:info@akashicbooks.comWebsite:

FAQs

What is Tel Aviv Noir?

Tel Aviv Noir is an original noir anthology composed of brand-new fictional stories set in different neighborhoods and locations across Tel Aviv.

Who edited and translated Tel Aviv Noir?

The anthology is edited by Etgar Keret and Assaf Gavron and translated by Yardenne Greenspan.

What kind of stories does the collection include?

The collection features crime-focused noir narratives that portray what happens beyond Tel Aviv’s outwardly “polite” surface, including incidents like suicide-bomber attacks, supernatural returns, and organized crime scenes.

Oct 14, 2026

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