Memorial Hall Library

West Jerusalem noir, edited by Maayan Eitan ; translated by Yardenne Greenspan

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West Jerusalem noir

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edited by Maayan Eitan ; translated by Yardenne Greenspan

Akashic Noir Series

"This anthology offers a fictional tour of Jerusalem, this time through the lens of the noir genre. Not all the stories in this book include a detective, a femme fatale, or a dead body. In fact, a significant number of the writers chose to avoid these genre staples. And yet the stories--each taking place in a different part of the city--sketch a dark imagined map of the city, where religious mystery dwells alongside the quotidian, claustrophobic hubbub of the Central Bus Station . . . The stories included in West Jerusalem Noir could not have taken place anywhere else. They reflect national, religious, and socioeconomic tensions inherent to the city and sketch an image of a concrete, contemporary, and complicated Jerusalem."--, Provided by publisher