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PublisherLittle Brown & Company

ISBN-100316395439

ISBN-139780316395434

eBay Product ID (ePID)234699210

Product Key Features

Book TitleWaking Lions

Number of Pages352 Pages

LanguageEnglish

Publication Year2017

TopicCultural Heritage, Family Life, Thrillers / General, Medical, Jewish

GenreFiction

AuthorAyelet Gundar-Goshen

FormatHardcover

Dimensions

Item Height1 in

Item Weight20.4 Oz

Item Length9.5 in

Item Width6.2 in

Additional Product Features

Intended AudienceTrade

LCCN2016-957622

Dewey Edition23

Reviews"An auspicious entry on the English-language scene for Israeli author Gundar-Goshen." -- David Keymer , Library Journal, " Waking Lions has the type of seductive plot twists-a hit-and-run, a blackmailing scheme, a crime that threatens to rend a marriage-that, seemingly, only a fiction writer could concoct. But in fact, the 34-year-old writer, who lives in Israel, borrowed much of the premise of the story from real life." -- Daniel Lefferts , Publishers Weekly "Writers to Watch Spring 2017", "Uncommonly complex, socially aware, and ethically ambiguous....plot is almost secondary to the political implications Gundar-Goshen explores - but what a plot it is, fuel for meditations on integrity and the layered guilt of the Israeli bourgeoisie." -- Boris Kachka , New York "7 Books You Need to Read This February", " Waking Lions is immensely suspenseful. Ayelet Gundar-Goshen's alarmingly realistic and superbly written novel will leave readers wondering what they might be capable of under duress, and what makes a good person do such an awful thing--and if a marriage can survive such deception. The difficult decisions faced by Eitan, Liat and the Eritrean community are haunting." -- Jessica Howard , Shelf Awareness (starred review), Praise for Waking Lions: "If there were a literary prize for nail-biting first lines, Israeli writer Ayelet Gundar-Goshen's second novel, Waking Lions would win...brave and startling." -- Financial Times UK

Dewey Decimal892.437

SynopsisAfter one night's deadly mistake, a man will go to any lengths to save his family and his reputation. Neurosurgeon Eitan Green has the perfect life -- married to a beautiful police officer and father of two young boys. Then, speeding along a deserted moonlit road after an exhausting hospital shift, he hits someone. Seeing that the man, an African migrant, is beyond help, he flees the scene. When the victim's widow knocks at Eitan's door the next day, holding his wallet and divulging that she knows what happened, Eitan discovers that her price for silence is not money. It is something else entirely, something that will shatter Eitan's safe existence and take him into a world of secrets and lies he could never have anticipated. Waking Lions is a gripping, suspenseful, and morally devastating drama of guilt and survival, shame and desire from a remarkable young author on the rise., WINNER OF THE JEWISH QUARTERLY WINGATE PRIZE 10 WOMEN TO WATCH IN 2017--BookPage A New York Times Notable Book of 2017 After one night's deadly mistake, a man will go to any lengths to save his family and his reputation. Neurosurgeon Eitan Green has the perfect life--married to a beautiful police officer and father of two young boys. Then, speeding along a deserted moonlit road after an exhausting hospital shift, he hits someone. Seeing that the man, an African migrant, is beyond help, he flees the scene. When the victim's widow knocks at Eitan's door the next day, holding his wallet and divulging that she knows what happened, Eitan discovers that her price for silence is not money. It is something else entirely, something that will shatter Eitan's safe existence and take him into a world of secrets and lies he could never have anticipated. WAKING LIONS is a gripping, suspenseful, and morally devastating drama of guilt and survival, shame and desire from a remarkable young author on the rise.

LC Classification NumberPJ5055.22.U55L4213