ARAD, Maya << back to list Maya Arad was born in Israel (1971) and grew up in Kibbutz Nahal-Oz. She graduated in Classics and Linguistics at the Tel Aviv University and has a Ph.D. in Linguistics from London University. At present she is a lecturer and researcher at Stanford University in California. Her first book ”Another Place, a Foreign City”, a novel in rhymes, also published by Xargol, won the Ministry of Education and Culture award and in 2005 was Shortlisted for the Sapir prize (the Israeli Booker). In 2006 it was performed as a play at the Cameri Theater. Web site http://www.xargol.com/index.php?cat=2&name=o_fiction&sta Bibliography & Foreign sales SEVEN MORAL FAILINGS (Fiction) 2006 Not since David Lodge’s Changing Places has a contemporary author so acutely pierced the façade of academic life. Using the seven moral failings as vehicles to illuminate a fiercely competitive world, Arad tells the story of four candidates vying for a prestigious position in a leading university. The moral failings carry the story to its dénouement – who will manage to outshine the others and snag the job? SEVEN MORAL FAILINGS includes mystery, intrigue, tension between good and evil and powerful rivalries all climaxing in an unexpected ending. According to Israel’s leading newspaper, Ha’aretz, ”Brilliant is the most suitable title for this book…[written by] one of the most gifted authors in new Israeli writing.” Rights sold to: Israel, Xargol Books Reviews ”Maya Arad is the freshest voice in Hebrew literature in recent years.” – Time Out Tel Aviv ”When a book offers entertainment and erudition, tension and humor, irony and empathy, and even some morals - what shall I say - you are lucky.” - Makor Rishon ”A most impressive literary achievement... delightful and clever.” - Ma’ariv newspaper