Assaf Gavron is the author of seven books, and his fiction has been translated into 10 languages. He has won Israel’s Prime Minister’s Prize for Literature, the Buch für die Stadt award in Germany, and the Prix Courrier International in France. The son of English immigrants, he grew up in a small village near Jerusalem, lived for many years in Tel Aviv, and currently lives in Omaha, Nebraska.
Assaf Gavron
Articles by Assaf Gavron
Friday April 2
Almost Dead
1 I climbed aboard the Little No. 5 as I did every morning on my way to work. ‘Little No. 5’ is what I call the minibus-sized cab which follows the route of the No. 5 bus. It’s actually a cross between a bus and a cab. You get the best of both worlds—the familiar