World Shadow

'The best novel Baram has written so far, a brilliant literary achievement. World Shadow is asking the most important questions of our time.' * Israel Today * 'A real literary achievement. Surely one of the most impressive novels written in Hebrew in the past years. It is a mind-blowing epos that raises big questions about the human spirit, democracy, morals and violence.' * Haaretz * 'The most intelligent, insightful and thought-provoking documentation written to date of the economic, social, moral and cultural processes that are sending seismic waves throughout our world.' * Shelly Yachimovich * 'A tremendous description of the evils, passions and hopes that shape the world today. One of the most ambitious novels I have ever read...You can hear in World Shadow echoes of Underworld by Don DeLillo. Echoes of rebellion...of great literature.' * El Pais (Spain) * 'Some readers will feel this great novel predicted many aspects of Trump's rise, and they would not be mistaken.' * OEsterreichischer Rundfunk (Austria) * 'May be the most impressive novel that has been written about this era of discontent.' * El Mundo (Spain) * 'The reader is captivated until the crushing end, thanks to Nir Baram's great art...A masterpiece.' * Deutschlandfunk (Germany) * 'A boundlessly ambitious novel. This is the Hamlet of the twenty-first century.' * Volkskrant (Netherlands) * 'For this novel, Baram deserves a place at the front line of modern literature.' * NRC (Netherlands) * 'Baram is one of the best writers I have read in recent years.' * Milenio (Mexico) * 'Nir Baram is the great revelation of the Hebrew language...One of the most important novels of our time. You read it and think of Balzac.' * ABC (Mexico) *