New York 1, Tel Aviv 0: Stories

Enter the world of New York 1, Tel Aviv 0, where the characters are as intelligent and charming as they are lonely. A couple discovers the ability to stop time together; another couple lives with a constant loud beeping in their apartment, though only one of them can hear it. A father leaves his daughter in Israel to pursue a painting career in New York; a sex worker falls in love with the Israeli photographer who studies her.

Together these stories explore the tension between an anonymous, globalized world and an irrepressible lust for connection--they form an intimate document of niche moments between characters who are so brilliantly, subtly, and magically rendered by Shelly Oria's capable hands.

Author: Shelly Oria
Publisher: Fsg Originals
Published: 11/04/2014
Pages: 240
Binding Type: Paperback
Weight: 0.40lbs
Size: 7.40h x 5.00w x 0.70d
ISBN: 9780374534578
Award: Lambda Literary Awards - Finalist
Award: Triangle Awards - Finalist

Review Citation(s):
Publishers Weekly 07/14/2014
Library Journal 09/01/2014 pg. 96
Booklist 10/01/2014 pg. 34
Kirkus Reviews 10/15/2014
New York Times Book Review 02/01/2015 pg. 26

About the Author

Shelly Oria was born in Los Angeles and grew up in Israel. Her fiction has appeared in The Paris Review, McSweeney's, TriQuarterly, and Quarterly West, among other places, and has won a number of awards, including the Indiana Review Fiction Prize. She curates the series Sweet! Actors Reading Writers in the East Village and teaches fiction at Pratt Institute, where she also codirects the Writers' Forum.