Good People

Set in Berlin and Leningrad between 1938 and 1941, GOOD PEOPLE focuses on the lives of Thomas and Sasha, forced by circumstances to make decisions with far-reaching consequences. Compulsively readable, this powerful novel reveals how the play of history emerges from individual action. One of the great novels of the twenty-first century thus far.

Nir Baram was born in Jerusalem in 1976. He has worked as a journalist, editor, and as an advocate for equal rights for Palestinians. He's the author of five novels.Good People is the first to be translated into English. Baram received the 2010 Prime Minister's Award for Hebrew Literature.

Jeffrey Green is a writer and translator living in Israel. He has a doctorate in Comparative Literature from Harvard, and has also published, among other things, a novel in Hebrew, a book of poetry and a book about translation.