{"product_id":"mrs-lilienblums-cloud-factory-isbn-9781662600876","title":"Mrs. Lilienblum's Cloud Factory","description":"\u003cb\u003eA comic novel for fans of Adelle Waldman about a tech startup that turns sand into rain clouds from Sami Rohr prize winner Iddo Gefen.\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eOur story opens with Mrs. Lilienblum discovered drinking a martini in a crater in the Israeli desert. Eli, her adult son, tries to understand what happened to his wacky mother, while he also tackles the legend of a missing hiker named McMurphy, and whether he might be in love with Tamara, a visitor to his family’s hostel on the edge of a crater.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eThe story races forward as the Lilienblum family builds a company around Eli’s mother’s invention and makes comedy out of startup culture, the obsession with company valuation and funding, the secrets families keep, romantic and family love–all with humor, warmth and compassion.\"Like the rain in the desert, \u003ci\u003eMrs. Lilienblum’s Cloud Factory\u003c\/i\u003e is a surprising, light refreshment.\"\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003e—Debra Cash, \u003ci\u003eArts Fuse\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\"[W]acky, otherworldly and charming.\"\u003cbr\u003e—\u003cb\u003eLior Zaltzman, \u003ci\u003eKveller\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e“[A] comic masterpiece . . . the novel’s many savvy moments . . . reveal its undeniable humanity and make it such a delight.”\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003e—Harvey Freedenberg, \u003ci\u003eShelf Awareness\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e“[\u003ci\u003eMrs. Lilienblum’s Cloud Factory\u003c\/i\u003e is] an endlessly entertaining send-up of startup culture as well as a story about families, love, and secrets.”\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003e—Naomi Firestone-Teeter, GOLDA\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e“Iddo Gefen has produced a marvelous novel­—wise, surreal, funny and a fascinating story.\u003ci\u003e Mrs. Lilienblum’s Cloud Factory \u003c\/i\u003ehas traces of Gabriel García Márquez, mixed with the wise men of Chelm, and a dash of Sunset Boulevard. A spectacular achievement.”\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003e—Max Gross, author of \u003ci\u003eThe Lost Shtetl\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e“Like all true writers, Iddo Gefen knows that stories can do everything—except take the place of life. That his characters discover this for themselves is a testament to Mr. Gefen’s uncanny gifts and his novel’s enchanting power.”\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003e—Jonathan Rosen, author of \u003ci\u003eThe Best Minds: A Story of Friendship, Madness, and the Tragedy of Good Intentions\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/b\u003eIddo Gefen is an author and a Ph.D. student in cognitive neuroscience at Columbia University, currently based in New York City. His research explores the intricate relationship between narrative understanding, human memory, and decision-making. Gefen’s debut short story collection, \u003ci\u003eJerusalem Beach\u003c\/i\u003e, won the 2023 Sami Rohr Prize for Jewish Literature. One of the stories from the book is currently being adapted into a film by Ryan Gosling’s production company.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eTranslator Bio: \u003c\/b\u003eBorn in Israel in 1983, Daniella Zamir is a literary translator of contemporary Israeli fiction. She obtained her bachelor’s degree in literature from Tel Aviv University, and her master’s degree in creative writing from City University in London. She currently lives in Tel Aviv with her husband and daughter.","brand":"Astra House","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":46303059968229,"sku":"NP9781662600876","price":27.0,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":false}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/1842\/7735\/files\/9781662600876.jpg?v=1767733065","url":"https:\/\/k12savings.com\/es\/products\/mrs-lilienblums-cloud-factory-isbn-9781662600876","provider":"K12savings","version":"1.0","type":"link"}