United States
Guest of the book fair Svět knihy Praha 2026
Omer Friedlander is a prose writer, currently living between Israel and the United States. He studied English literature at Cambridge and creative writing at Boston University. He made his debut in 2022 with the acclaimed short story collection The Man Who Sold Air in the Holy Land, which is being published in Czech by PROSTOR and represents the fifth foreign edition of this book. The book won the Association of Jewish Libraries Fiction Award, was a finalist for the Wingate Prize, and was longlisted for the Story Prize. In his work, Friedlander, with a vivid imagination and subtle humor, captures contemporary Israel, its contradictions, memory, and everyday absurdity.
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Book World Prague 2026
10:00 - 10:50
Nakladatelství PROSTOR
Czech, English
The award-winning short story collection by Omer Friedlander captures Israel and the Middle East in their absurdity and fragility with subtle irony, empathy, and...
Sunday, 17. 5. 2026
Book World Prague 2026
11:00 - 11:50
Nakladatelství PROSTOR
Omer Friedlander podepisuje svoji povídkovou sbírku "Muž, který ve Svaté zemi prodával vzduch".
Sunday, 17. 5. 2026
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