One night, markovitch

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Sinopse

n the late 1930s, two men - Yaacov Markovitch, perennially unlucky in love, and Zeev Feinberg, virile owner of a lustrous moustache - are crossing the sea to marry women they have never met. They will rescue them from a Europe on the brink of catastrophe, bring them to the Jewish homeland and go their separate ways. But when Markovitch is paired with the beautiful Bella he vows to make her love him at any cost, setting in motion events that will change their lives in the most unexpected and capricious of ways.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.

Participantes

Autor: Ayelet Gundar-Goshen

Autor

AYELET GUNDAR-GOSHEN

Ayelet Gundar-Goshen (Israel, 1982) é escritora, roteirista e psicóloga. Uma noite, Markovitch (2018), seu primeiro romance, recebeu o prêmio Sapir de literatura israelense para melhor estreia e já foi traduzido para quatorze idiomas. O livro, inspirado em uma história real, aborda um grupo de jovens que vai da Palestina até a Europa sob comando nazista para que, por meio de casamentos fictícios, possam resgatar mulheres judias. A autora é mestre em psicologia pela Universidade de Tel Aviv e roteirista premiada de cinema e televisão. Publicou outros dois romances, Walking Lions e The Liar, ainda sem tradução para o português.