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“Yedlin, a master at tone, grounds the antic comedy in reflections on aging, friendship, parenthood, life… A seriously funny take on death and dying.”

Kirkus Starred Review

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“Hilarious, refreshing, tightly plotted and vividly written. An irresistible read.”
Jonas Jonasson#1 New York Times bestselling author of The 100-Year-Old Man Who Climbed Out the Window and Disappeared
“The portraits of these four friends are so vivid that as I read, I felt that Avishay’s friends also became mine. Stockholm is unputdownable, full of intrigue, a bit of sadness, and a lot of humor.”
Helene Tursteninternationally bestselling author of An Elderly Lady Is Up To No Good
“A brilliant meditation on the intricacies of friendship, aging, ego, wounds and healing. Yedlin expertly peels back her complex characters’ layers to reveal insights, dark and humorous alike, about what it is to be alive and mortal
Parini ShroffAuthor of The Bandit Queens
“Yedlin, a master at tone, grounds the antic comedy in reflections on aging, friendship, parenthood, life… A seriously funny take on death and dying.”
Kirkus Starred Review
“deviously clever black comedy”
Publishers Weekly
‍“Too funny, too sad, too real, and too preposterous – just like life. Stockholm is the most entertaining book I've read in a long time.”
Etgar KeretAuthor of The Seven Good Years and Suddenly, A Knock at the Door
“Noa Yedlin has a brilliant sense of Irony. In Stockholm, you will find your friends’ covert feelings and your closest family members’ most secret thoughts – and it’s going to be surprising, frightening, funny and liberating.”
Dorit RabinyanANAuthor of All the Rivers
“Bright, witty, irreverent and compassionate… an astute and hilarious study of the very building-blocks of the human condition: love, ambition, aging, friendship, envy and loyalty.”
Ruby NamdarAuthor of The Ruined House
“A literary tour de force.”
Omri HerzogHaaretz
“A perfect book.”
Gabi ZoharRadio North
“Stockholm has the potential to become a very significant part of the literary canon.”
Yaron AvituvFirst Source
“The book has the capacity to unfold emotional nuances, some of them scathing… and super- intelligent nuances of expression, at a dizzying rate…Yedlin without a doubt is positioned at the forefront of contemporary writing in Hebrew.”
Eric GlassnerYedioth Aharonoth
“Yedlin is a virtuoso of satire and small details… As in her previous book, House Arrest, (Winner of the 2013 Sapir Prize) once again much of the book is dedicated to undercutting the institutions and social milieus that are usually immune to criticism. In Stockholm, she undermines the sanctified institution of parents’ love for their children, and along the way she takes a stab at doctors, academics and others… It’s human, often painful, and altogether highly enjoyable.”
Shira Kadri-OvadiaFirst Source
“What is sensational about Stockholm is the body: The way in which Yedlin hitches up her sharpened humor to her unique ability to close each segment with fine irony, her ability to control a convoluted plot down to the exact names of the most marginal characters, and to extricate scenes that are sometimes preposterous, sometimes grotesque, treating the essence of an aging body, or even a dead one, in a way that astonishes and at the same time appears completely natural.”
Netta HalperinIsrael Today
"One of the most enjoyable and wise books I have read in the last while… A seamless plot… smart observations, supreme writing… Just as the sun’s light purifies, Yedlin and her insights purify too. A highly recommended book. Cruel, like much of Yedlin’s beautiful writing.”
Sahara BlauIsrael Army Radio
“The uniqueness of Yedlin’s captivating book is the enthralling description of the follies, deep wishes and illusions of the seventy-somethings when they do not feel threatened by death. Yedlin juggles ingeniously between genres — an adventure story, a detective story and a novel of philosophical musings on life overshadowed by approaching death.”
Dr. Esther Adivi-Shoshan,77 Journal
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Where do crazy/strange ideas come from? What kind of research is needed in order to write about Nobel prizes and dead bodies? And how do you turn your own novel into a successful TV series? A fascinating lecture that reveals the behind-the-scenes of the literary act, including clips from the TV series.

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Yedlin is also the creator of a two-season TV series based on her bestselling novel Stockholm (the Israeli Best Mini-Series TV Award). A German remake of the series (You Don’t Die Among Friends) won Best Scripted Format at 2021 International Format Awards and Best European Series at La Rochelle Festival De La Fiction 2021. The series has been re-made by SVT Sweden (broadcast: Christmas 2022). Her bestselling novel People Like Us is currently being developed into a series in Israel. A stage adaption of House Arrest is now playing at Beit Lessin Theater in Tel Aviv.

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Stockholm

One evening, a world-renowned economist and leading candidate for the Nobel Prize in Economics is found dead in bed ...
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People Like Us

Osnat and Dror, a couple in their forties, parents to two daughters, move in the summer to their dream house...
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House Arrest

House Arrest is a psychological thriller that takes place against the backdrop of Jerusalem's old stone buildings...
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Noa Yedlin is an Israeli author, the recipient of the Sapir Prize (the Israeli Man Booker) and the Prime Minister’s Literature Award and author of the bestselling House Arrest, Stockholm, People Like Us and The Wrong Book. Yedlin was named by Haaretz Magazine one of “66 Israeli Women You Should Know”.

Yedlin is also the creator of a two-season TV series based on her bestselling novel Stockholm (the Israeli Best Mini-Series TV Award). A German remake of the series (You Don’t Die Among Friends) won Best Scripted Format at 2021 International Format Awards and Best European Series at La Rochelle Festival De La Fiction 2021. The series is now being re-made by SVT Sweden (broadcast: Christmas 2022). Her bestselling novel People Like Us is currently being developed into a series in Israel. A stage adaption of House Arrest is now playing at Beit Lessin Theater in Tel Aviv.

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