Da Mishani Books
Lola Maroun
The 8-episodes show, directed by Academy award winner Barry Levinson, features Jeff Wilbusch as NYPD Police detective Avraham Avraham. It also stars Juliana Canfield, Karen Robinson and Michael Mosley.
Earlier this year, the novel was shortlisted for the Israeli Sapir Prize, and chosen as one of the best crime novels in Germany. It will be published in French (Gallimard), Italain (E/O) and other languages in 2023.
The Dutch edition of the novel, DE VERDWENEN ZOON (translated by Ruben Verhasselt), is published by De Bezige Bij Antwerp; The Romanian edition, DISPARITIA (translated by Luminita Gavrila) is published by TREI.
I have enjoyed reading your three novels and look forward to all future books.
I saw you on TV the other day discussing Agatha Christie. There is a very interesting podcast about her. It can be found on WNYC Radio Lab
Vanishing Words
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When scientists treat words like data, clues to the real-life mysteries of human aging are found in the writings of Agatha Christie.
D.A. Mishani is an Israeli crime writer and historian. His first novel, The Missing File, was the winner of the Martin Beck Award and and the Grand Prix du meilleur polar de lecteurs des Points in France. It was also shortlisted for the CWA International Dagger. That book was the first in his Avraham Avraham Mystery series of books.
He was originally published in Hebrew, but has since seen his books translated into multiple languages including English. In addition to his work as an author, Mishani is a literary scholar who specializes in the history of detective fiction. D.A. makes his home in Tel Aviv where he lives with his wife and their two children.
The Missing File begins with Israeli detective Avraham Avraham on the case of a missing teenage boy. The boy is from the suburbs of Tel Aviv where crimes are generally not all that complex. However, this case turns out to be something else. The boy goes missing and a schoolteacher offers up a complication that is baffling. Avraham finds himself questioning everything that he thought he knew about his life and will need to dig deep to solve this one.
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As I come from a family of Mizrahi origins, and since I admire the literary tradition of the realistic police-procedural, I chose not to back down. My protagonist, Inspector Avraham Avraham, is a peripheral character, from Mizrahi origins, like police officers in Israel usually are, and certainly like they are in Israeli culture.
I also gave him a female boss, from Ashkenazi origins, toward whom he has complex feelings of admiration and fear. With this set-up, I tried to reflect the ethnic and social tensions which affect the possibility of him becoming a true Israeli hero.
I do know that the response to his character and to the novel in foreign countries and languages to which it was translated, were sometimes even stronger than they were in Israel. It seemed to me that it was sometimes easier for foreign readers to accept him as true Israeli protagonist than it was for readers here.
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Jeff Wilbusch steps into the shoes of hopeful NYPD detective Avraham Avraham in the trailer for Peacock's new crime drama The Calling. Formerly known as The Missing, the series adapts Dror Mishani's story of an investigator whose belief in mankind is his superpower with regard to uncovering the truth. When a case gets flipped on its head, Avi's faith and religious principles are shaken as he begins questioning his own humanity. The trailer shows the detective nearing his breaking point as he searches for a woman's missing son.
Immediately, Avraham reaffirms his faith in humanity as he steps in to the missing persons case, only he'll have a partner. Janine Harris (Juliana Canfield) volunteers to join Avi on his search, though she's in for a wild ride as she tries to figure him out. Avi seems to have a preternatural ability to find leads with little to no information at his disposal. This case goes far beyond a simple kidnapping though, as the detectives are placed on a bomb scare that Avi is certain is connected in some way. He's so convinced he's close to cracking the case wide open, and yet he's haunted every night by dreams of the son. As everything gets more convoluted, Avi is pushed to the brink in his desperation to put an end to the madness.
Mishani's Detective Avraham series spans across three books following separate cases the detective navigates largely through his faith. Originally released in Hebrew, the crime novels became an international hit, eventually being translated to 15 different languages. This won't be the first time one of Mishani's books has been adapted as the series was also adapted into an Israeli television show in 2019.
Based on Dror Mishani's detective novels, the investigative series from David E. Kelley tells the story of NYPD Detective Avraham Avraham (Jeff Wilbusch). His "belief in mankind," the NBCUniversal streamer said in press release Sept. 26, "is his superpower when it comes to uncovering the truth."
Kelley provided additional context about the show and its central character, saying, "Dror Mishani wrote a riveting and emotionally complicated series of books, the center of which is Avraham. Avi is a deeply mysterious, spiritual and compelling detective unlike any protagonist I've encountered before."
The writer also teased the star power behind the series. "Jeff Wilbusch brings him to rich and hypnotic life in front of the camera, and behind the camera Barry Levinson is... Barry Levinson," he continued. "What a privilege to have him at the helm. Add Hans Zimmer to the mix, and the final product is something we hope thrills, moves, and instills a bit of hope in the audience."
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