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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.
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.
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"These are dazzling and daring stories from the extraordinary Shelly Oria, a writer I was thrilled to discover. Oria captures her characters at their most vulnerable, exposing their true natures in flashbulb bursts of surprising, exhilarating action. She's got style to burn, obsidian wit, and a deep feeling for the subterranean choreography between people's day-lit and shadow selves. In New York 1, Tel Aviv 0, Oria makes exquisite music out of the fragility of human relationships."
Karen Russell, author of Vampires in the Lemon Grove and Swamplandia!
"The dangerous, ambitious, and cosmopolitan women who dominate the pages of New York 1, Tel Aviv 0 break hearts indiscriminately--female hearts, male hearts, sometimes both at once. Likewise the wit, sparkling intelligence, and sensitivity of Shelly Oria's story collection will seduce you, abandon you, and leave you craving more."
James Hannaham, author of God Says No
"Shelly Oria's acutely feelingful stories about the beautifully confusing love lives of the post-gender generation are wonderworks of candor and grace. In warm, intimate voices,Ms. Oria's narrators young, wisdom-rich, often bicontinental--struggle winningly with longing and loss. If you want to know how the new human heart feels and sounds right this very instant, this is the only book you'll need."
Gary Lutz, author of Stories in the Worst Way