'To hear it from the people who currently live in the occupied territories–650,000 Jewish settlers and 27 million Palestinians–it is now as much a zero-sum game as ever. Their voices come through in A Land Without Borders: My Journey Around East Jerusalem and the West Bank, a wide-ranging travelogue...The great virtue of his book is that Baram lets his interlocutors speak for themselves. Long stretches are verbatim dialogues. And what he hears is total and irreconcilable difference.'–New York Times Book Review on A Land Without Borders
'The best novel Baram has written so far, a brilliant literary achievement. World Shadow is asking the most important questions of our time.'–Israel Today
'A real literary achievement. Surely one of the most impressive novels written in Hebrew in the past years. It is a mind-blowing epos that raises big questions about the human spirit, democracy, morals and violence.'–Haaretz
'An honest and troubling snapshot of Israel...From horror to fatigue to indifference, an important look forward and back that provides a grass-roots sense that one state needs to satisfy sovereignty for all.'–Kirkus Reviews on A Land Without Borders
'Baram brings an open heart and mind to exploring the difficulties of coexistence where physical and emotional walls do harm on both sides, reaching beyond headline to explore the lives of Palestinians and Jews of different generations.'–Booklist on A Land Without Borders
'For all outside of the land who bandy Israel/Palestine talking points about–indeed, for those in it who rarely interact with those on the other side–these raw perspectives are a necessary introduction to the incredibly complex nature of the current divide.' –Foreword Reviews on A Land Without Borders
'A tremendous description of the evils, passions and hopes that shape the world today. One of the most ambitious novels I have ever read...You can hear in World Shadow echoes of Underworld by Don DeLillo. Echoes of rebellion...of great literature.'–El País (Spain)
'May be the most impressive novel that has been written about this era of discontent.'–El Mundo (Spain)
