Discover the six titles shortlisted for the inaugural Freudenheim Translation Prize. Register for the announcement event on the 12th February to be the first to discover the winner.
Sons and Daughters brings Chaim Grade’s long-suppressed Yiddish epic to the public, portraying a pious Jewish community in 1930s Poland as it is shaken by Reform, communism, secular culture, and rising antisemitism. Grade evokes a world in turmoil, unaware of the catastrophe to come.
An acclaimed and beloved account of mothers and daughters, family trauma, and intellectual and artistic life, all inspired by a mysterious postcard.
Canetti distils his lifelong, defiant struggle against mortality, shaped by personal loss and the traumas of the twentieth century. Across decades of fragmentary notes, he confronts death as an enemy while challenging the complacencies of his contemporaries.
Nine stories by Slovak writer Leopold Lahola, who returned from forced exile during the Prague Spring during which time this collection was published in Slovakia. These stories follow the Jewish community through the pre-war rise of fascism into the tragedy of complete devastation. A collection exploring heroism, bravery, cruelty and madness.
A story of family estrangement which reflects on how the strength of love can disguise the damage of our actions. Winner of the Sapir Prize 2022, this novel has been hailed as ‘a new and wonderful occurrence has transpired in Israeli literature’ (Neri Livne, Haaretz).