The Last Interview: A Novel

by Eshkol Nevo

Sondra Silverston (Translator)

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National Jewish Book Award Finalist
Wingate Literary Prize Shortlist
Named a Notable Translated Book of the Year by World Literature Today


From the internationally best-selling author of Three Floors Up, a literary page-turner that delves into the deepening cracks in a carefully constructed public persona.


A writer tries to answer a set of interview questions sent to him by a website editor. At first, they stick to the standard fare: Did you always know you would be a writer? How autobiographical are your books? Have you written any stories you would never publish? Usually his answers in these situations are measured, calculated, cautious. But this time, when his heart is about to break and his life is about to crumble, he finds he cannot tell anything but the truth. The naked, funny, sad, scandalous, politically incorrect truth.

Every question the writer tackles opens a door to a hidden room of his life. And each of his answers reveals that at the heart of every truth, there is a lie—and vice versa. Surprising, bold, intimate, and utterly engrossing, The Last Interview shows just how tenuous the lines are between work and life, love and hate, fact and fiction. And in exploring the many, often contradictory facets of an Israeli author’s identity, Eshkol Nevo also gives us a nuanced, thought-provoking portrait of a country at odds with itself.
  • ISBN10 1635429870
  • ISBN13 9781635429879
  • Publish Date 13 October 2020
  • Publish Status Active
  • Publish Country US
  • Imprint Other Press LLC