Author Talk: Ayelet Gundar-Goshen Discusses The Liar

Author Talk: Ayelet Gundar-Goshen Discusses The Liar

10am PDT

Join famed Israeli author Ayelet Gundar-Goshen, in conversation with AJU's Lisa Silverman, as they discuss lies, misconceptions, unexpected outcomes, and how all of those found their way to her most recent book, The Liar. This "brilliant" novel, an Elle Magazine Best Book of the Year about "lying and the lure of fame," reveals how one mistake can have a thousand consequences.

If you are hungry for more, AJU's Sperber Community Library is hosting book clubs for a deeper dive into the book. Registration for an upcoming book club can be found at https://www.aju.edu/whizin-center-continuing-education/sperber-community-library

To purchase a signed copy of The Liar, please Click Here.

A clinical psychologist and award-winning author, Ayelet Gundar Goshen's first novel, One Night, Markovitch, won the Sapir Prize in 2012 for debut novels, the Italian Adei-Wizo Prize, and the French Adei-Wizo Prize. The novel was long-listed for the Italian Sinbad Prize, and for Grand prix des lectrices de Elle. It has been translated to 14 languages. Gundar-Goshen's second novel, Waking Lions, won the 2017 Jewish Quarterly-Wingate Prize. The New York Times Book Review picked Waking Lions as "Editors' Choice", and The Wall Street Journal selected it for its "Best Summer Reads" list. The Liar is her third critically acclaimed novel. Gundar-Goshen is a contributor to BBC's The Cultural Frontline, Financial Times, Time Magazine and The Telegraph. Ayelet has lectured at UC Berkeley, Columbia University, UCLA, and Carleton College, among other institutions.

Lisa Silverman is the director of the Burton Sperber Jewish Community Library at AJU and leads monthly book clubs and film discussions.