Lazaretto is a novel written by the Israeli author Shay K. Azoulay, published in 2019 by Pardes Publishing.[1] Inspired by Albert Camus's The Plague, the novel takes place in the near future, where the city of Tel Aviv is cut off from the rest of Israel and its residents are forced to fend for themselves.[2] A review in Haaretz described the novel as “an ambitious, high-tension novel, seeped in paranoia... Lazaretto is a disturbing and stirring dystopia which haunted me while I was reading it and even after I'd finished.”[3] The novel was also named "Book of the Year" by LaIsha magazine and dubbed "the novel that predicted the pandemic"[4]

Lazaretto
Cover of first edition
AuthorShay K. Azoulay
Original titleלזארטו
TranslatorShay K. Azoulay
Cover artistKristina Mordukhovich
LanguageHebrew
PublisherPardes Publishing
Publication date
2019
Publication placeIsrael
Media typePrint
Pages233
ISBN9781618384997

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  1. ^ Lazaretto, Pardes Publishing (in Hebrew)
  2. ^ Lazaretto, Shay K. Azoulay
  3. ^ Lazaretto: In This Novel the "State of Tel Aviv" Becomes a Dystopian Reality - Omri Herzog, Haaretz, 20 January 2020 (in Hebrew)
  4. ^ "Lazaretto - The Novel that Predicted the Pandemic" Maya Levin, LaIsha, p. 51, 14 September 2020.
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