“Few are the authors who approach current global subjects with such vigor and bravery. In World Shadow Baram walks in the path of giants. Baram demonstrates impressive control in fictional and realistic events around the globe. The sophistication, the sparkle and wit burst in great ferocity.”

(YNET, Simona Bat)

Another 5 stars review for “Good People” from the Belgium “De Standaard”

“A frightening good novel: this novel is much more a warning about the present than a reflection about the past.”

(Review, De Volkskrant)

“A different perspective on contemporary history- with precise and lucid language and remarkable characters”

(Die Taz)

“A great tale of rich drama, guilt and morality. An addictive novel.”

(Eßlinger Zeitung)

“Nir Baram is the new hope of Israeli literature… A novel of great force and precision.”

(Süddeutsche Zeitung)

“A remarkable novel. The breakthrough of a real literary telnet.”

An interview with Nir Baram about literature and politics- Knack Magazine

“Israeli genius novel probes the temptations of power… A Chillingly lucid description of the ambitious of young people…”

(Review, “Trouw”)

“A brave and remarkable novel which makes wonders with this delicate subject of brilliant and capable people who cooperated with the most brutal regimes.”

(RBB Radio Berlin)

“Good People is a clever and sensitive novel which depicts the complexity of the war: there are no victims or perpetrators in this exciting novel, only human beings.”

(WDR radio)

“A magnificent and brilliant novel. It deserves all the superlatives it has received. There is no doubt: Israel has a new great writer.”

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NRC Handelsblad – On the front page of the most important literary supplement in the Netherlands there was a 2 page review on Good People.

The novel also got 5 stars out of 5: “With Good People the young Israeli author Nir Baram has written about the terrors of living under the regimes of Stalin and Hitler. It is done so majestically that it reaches the same level as books by Varlam Shalamov and Vasily Grossman.”

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“Nir Baram is considered the star of Israeli young literature. With this wonderful novel ‘Good People’ he proves he deserves this title.”

(DRS – Radio)

“A very impressive and bold novel, a journey to hell with no return.”

(La Repubblica)

“This novel exhibits tremendous evocative power; it is very rare to read such a novel from such a young writer.”

(La gazzetta del mezzogiorno)

“Nir Baram writes a provocative and unsettling book, a sorrowful meditation on the banality of evil that dwells within each of us, ‘Good People’, reminding us how much weight can individual choices have.”

(Renato Minore, Il Messaggero)

“5 stars! Like any excellent historical novel, Good People causes us to wonder about the ability of artists to draw accurate portraits of societies in distress. It is possible to gain from this novel a good understanding of how millions of completely ordinary people behaved under the destructiveness of despotic regimes.”

(Internazionala Magazine)

“Simply a wonderful and brilliant novel.”

(Fahrenheit Radio)

“Undoubtedly, The best Israeli novel of the year.”

(Roberto Carnero, Il piccolo)