Evacuation

by Raphaël Jerusalmy

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Pub Date 3 Dec 2019 | Archive Date 12 Nov 2019

Text Publishing | Text Publishing Company

General Fiction (Adult) | Literary Fiction

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Description

Naor, a young filmmaker, is driving with his mother. He tells her about being in Tel Aviv after a recent evacuation. A novel of suspense, a profound tale about our choices under pressure, about love, for each other and for a place, about death, and about finding a way to peace. Everyone has fled Tel Aviv, except for Naor and Yael, his artist girlfriend, and Saba, his writer grandfather. The occasional missile explodes nearby. But Saba refuses to leave the place he loves. And Yael has her own secret aspirations. In defiance of the war, they scavenge an existence and explore the mysteries of their beloved city - until the unthinkable happens.

Naor, a young filmmaker, is driving with his mother. He tells her about being in Tel Aviv after a recent evacuation. A novel of suspense, a profound tale about our choices under pressure, about...

Advance Praise

‘In this marvellous book, Raphäel Jerusalmy shows us that, despite the destructive madness of men, a few beautiful spirits, angel-poets, will always remain.’—Le Monde

‘An elegant examination of the choices we make and the individual peace we seek…Evacuation is a short but meaningful voyage of discovery, an Israeli road trip packed with musings on war, love, death, and art.'—AU Review

‘Like the famous photograph of the string quartet amid the ruins of Sarajevo, his [Jerusalmy’s] book celebrates the persistence of art in times of chaos, and like another recent novella of the Middle East, Mohsin Hamid’s Exit West, it combines a jolting realism with the timeless quality of fables.'—The Age

‘In this marvellous book, Raphäel Jerusalmy shows us that, despite the destructive madness of men, a few beautiful spirits, angel-poets, will always remain.’—Le Monde

‘An elegant examination...