Goodbye Paris, Shalom Tel Aviv

Name: Goodbye Paris, Shalom Tel Aviv
Brand: Brilliance Audio
Availability: InStock
Author: Marco Koskas
ISBN: 9781799749820

Author: Marco Koskas, David Ball

Narrator: Josh Bloomberg

Unabridged: 5 hr 24 min

Format: Digital Audiobook Download

Publisher: Brilliance Audio

Published: 02/04/2020

Categories: Fiction, Coming Of Age, Satire, Literary Fiction

Synopsis

The literary sensation that has stirred the French publishing world from award-winning author Marco Koskas.Juliette has come to Tel Aviv to be with the love of her life. But when she shows up at Elias’s apartment, he’s with another woman. With nowhere else to go, Juliette falls in with a tight-knit group of French expats living in this city by the sea.There’s Manu, the retired adult film star turned real estate agent; Diabolo, a former mobster and aspiring media mogul; and Olga, a head-turning beauty who becomes fast friends with Juliette. When Elias, a film school dropout, initiates a scheme intended to make him some fast cash so he can impress Olga with flashy jewelry, he unwittingly gets Juliette and Olga thrown in jail.As all the friends try their misguided best to help one another, they all must ask themselves: Can people take responsibility for something they didn’t do in order to be absolved for all the things they have done?

About Marco Koskas

Marco Koskas, the author of fifteen books, was born in Tunisia, grew up in France, and now lives in Israel. In 1979, his novel Balace Bounel won the Prix du Premier Roman, and he was a fellow of the French Academy in Rome from 1980 to 1982. In 2012, reviewing Mon cœur de père (Éditions Fayard), Patrick Besson wrote in Le Point: “Koskas is a fighter for his own style. He has remained raw as a Tartar warrior.” In 2018, after being rejected by numerous publishers, Koskas self-published Goodbye Paris, Shalom Tel Aviv on CreateSpace, and the novel was short-listed for France’s prestigious Prix Renaudot.

Reviews

Goodreads review by Irena on October 13, 2018

I'm writing this review in English because my written French is full of mistakes. This novel is written by a French Jewish writer who repatriated to Israel. It describes the trials and tribulations of a group of French Jewish repatriants living in Tel Aviv. I wanted to like this book but at the end I......more

Goodreads review by Jypsy on March 05, 2020

Thank you NetGalley for a complimentary copy. I voluntarily reviewed this book. All opinions expressed are my own. Goodbye Paris, Shalom Tel Aviv By: Marco Koskas *REVIEW* ☆☆☆ I was uncertain about requesting Goodbye Paris, Shalom Tel Aviv, but I decided to take a chance on it. I should have trusted......more

Goodreads review by Koskas on June 18, 2020

Dear reader friends, here is my first novel translated into English. It is a great honor and a joy to present it to you. This book has had such a turbulent history, and my English is so bad that I prefer to let you read in your language, the article that The Guardian devoted to it when it was releas......more

Goodreads review by Konstantina on May 08, 2020

Quirky and atmospheric. I read it because I love Tel Aviv and wanted to experience the city through the eyes of the author. The story is all over the place and the characters are full of faults, which makes them quite realistic. However I struggle to like any new f them and feel any empathy. I have......more

Goodreads review by Marisa on February 09, 2020

This is a WEIRD book. It’s not bad, but it’s just weird and at times a little hard to get into. There were moments that could have been cut out, and there were also some characters who were added in just to be there, and they weren’t particularly necessary. The writing style isn’t great, but I hesit......more