Reviews | Nir Baram

Yediot Achronot

July 7, 2007EN

“The book of the year…This book is an extraordinary and exciting achievement, depicting a story that is larger than life. It is a brilliant book, overflowing with anger, insult, strong libido, intense urges and exceptional sensitivity to words. The diligent reader of Hebrew literature can finally exclaim – “Here is a writer”

(Maya Sella, Yediot Acharonot)

Haaretz

July 7, 2007EN

“The novel combines enormous imagination with extraordinary sobriety, leading the fantastic and the political with great talent to the point in which both naturally merge, in the state of Israel. This book marks Baram as one of the most intriguing writers in Israeli literature today.”

(Yossi Sucary, Haaretz)

Frankfurter Allgemeine Zeitung

July 7, 2007EN

Quite possibly, Dostojewski would write like this if he lived in Israel today.

(Frankfurter Allgemeine Zeitung)

TimeOut

April 4, 2007EN

“Baram’s book is a refreshing novelty in the literary landscape, both for its style and for the existential questions it raises. Baram’s audacity – in breaking the limitations of language and time and creating a remarkable novel which is written in such unique prose – is in a sense the act itself of remaking dreams.”

(Lior Alprovic, TimeOut)

Haaretz

April 4, 2007EN

“Flaubert said that since he was young he saw every person he met as a skeleton of a person. That is exactly what the novel “The Remaker of Dreams” is about. It is an impressive novel that combines miraculously between intellect and emotion. With sentimental bravery and intellectual integrity it encompasses life in its whole and gives the reader a great literary experience.”

(Reuven Miran, Haaretz)

Galei-Tzahal radio

May 5, 2007EN

“An overwhelming and moving imagination articulated in the most wonderful Hebrew. I had a similar impression when reading Robert Musil.”

(Dodo Elharrar, Galei-Tzahal)

WALLA!

May 5, 2007EN

“The best novel in 2006! It is a masterpiece which restores hope for Hebrew literature.”

(Yuval Avivi, Walla!)

Die Welt

June 6, 2007EN

“An extraordinary and fascinating political novel. Nir Baram is the emerging star in Israeli literature.”

(Marko Martin, Die Welt)

Ma’ariv

June 6, 2007EN

“The Remaker of Dreams is an especially brilliant novel; a piece that holds up to the determining test of literature, in the most general terms.”

(Eric Glassner, Ma’ariv)

Yediot Achronot

June 6, 2007EN

“A fascinating literary expedition, lead by the frightfully talented Nir Baram. With this piece, Baram joins a line of International young talented authors who have skilfully tackled the elusive concept of memory, such as Alexander Hemon, Jonathan Safran Foer and Andrey Kurkov; at the same time, Baram maintains a compelling dialogue with local literary figures such as S. Yizhar and Amos Oz.”

(Miri Paz, Yediot Acharonot)