MEIR SHALEV, one of Israel’s most celebrated novelists, is the author of three other works of fiction – Four Meals, Esau and The Big Woman – all of which have been notable literary and commercial successes in Europe and beyond. His novels have been published in over ten countries. Shalev is also a columnist for Yediot Achronot, a leading Israeli newspaper, and is the author of five children’s books, also published widely on the international front. He lives in Jerusalem.
HILLEL HALKIN has translated over fifty books from Hebrew and Yiddish by well-known contemporary Israeli and classical Jewish authors.