Our Books
These are Altneuland's current and forthcoming titles. The list is updated regularly. To enquire about translation and other derivative rights, please contact us at info@altneuland-press.com
While Still Alive
Leah Aini
NOVELLAS
Hebrew - May 2025
With powerful language drenched in pain and anger yet tinged with humor, Aini recounts the receding of time as she watches her beloved die. More than a tale of grief, this uncompromising memoir explores a profound love and loss felt in body and spirit.
Click here to read more about the the book in Hebrew
Cedrick
Gish Amit
LITERARY NON-FICTION
Hebrew - May 2025 | English and German forthcoming
A teacher comes across a news item: his former student, Cedrick, has been killed in Gaza. Driven to learn more and reconsider what he thought he knew, Amit, an educator and memoirist, explores the overlooked and marginalized communities of asylum-seekers and migrant workers in Israel, through an intensely personal and unflinching lens.
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Eye of the Beholder
Hillel Cohen and Yana Bukler
LITERARY NON-FICTION
Hebrew - September 2025 | German - September 2025 in collaboration with Kanon Verlag | English forthcoming
From an internationally renowned expert on Israel-Palestine history, a sensitive and probing memoir of a life-long attempt to understand and explain the conflict he grew up in. Accompanied by original illustrations.
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We Were the Future
Yael Neeman
MEMOIR
German - September 2025 in collaboration with Kanon Verlag
This ground-breaking memoir is a poignant, complex portrayal of the author's childhood and youth on a kibbutz, and the lasting effects on an entire generation of Israelis. Neeman insists on extracting her own personal story from an ideological ethos that left little room for the individual.
Lady of Kazan
Maya Arad
NOVEL
German
A powerful epos that depicts the pursuit of motherhood as both reality and fantasy, creating a plot rich in emotion, detail and subtle humor. The book explores the tensions between societal expectations and personal desires, the intense internal and external pressure to become a parent, and the constraints imposed on women in modern society.
Yolanda
Moshe Sakal
NOVEL
German
Yolanda is an intergenerational novel that masterfully interweaves the struggles of the immigrant generation with the younger generation's search for roots, reflecting the rich tapestry of Israeli life through language, culture, and daily rituals. Moshe Sakal's prose is infused with humor, intimacy, and a profound examination of identity.
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Bandit
Itamar Orlev
NOVEL
German
Twenty years after immigrating to Israel, and shortly after his wife leaves him with their five-year-old son, Tadeusz returns to Poland to visit Stefan, the violent, alcoholic father he left behind. As the two embark on a journey to Stefan’s childhood village, memories of war, cruelty, and survival begin to surface, forcing Tadeusz to confront the past and reflect on the complex relationship between fathers and sons and the unrelenting need for recognition.