''The People of Forever Are Not Afraid'' is a 2012 novel by the Israeli writer
Shani Boianjiu.
Plot
''The People of Forever Are Not Afraid'' tells the story of three young Israeli women - Lea, Avishag and Yael - following them from their high school years in a small northern village, through their enlistment in the
Israeli Defence Force
The Israel Defense Forces (IDF; , ), alternatively referred to by the Hebrew-language acronym (), is the national military of the State of Israel. It consists of three service branches: the Israeli Ground Forces, the Israeli Air Force, an ...
where they train marksmen, guard a border and man a checkpoint, and on to their twenties. The book describes the progress of the three women in a series of vignettes.
Editions
* American (hardcover):
The People of Forever Are Not Afraid ''Hogarth. September 11, 2012. .
* American (paperback):
* Brazilian: ''O Povo Eterno não tem Medo''. Alfaguara. 2013. . Translated by Débora Landsberg.
* Canadian:
The People of Forever Are Not Afraid'. Anchor. .
* Croatian: ''Vječne ratnice''. Znanje. December 3, 2012. . Translated by Marta Klepo.
* Czech: Translated by Tomáš Suchomel.
* Danish: ''Det evige folk har ingen frygt.'' Gyldenal. September 2013. .
* Dutch: Translated by Auke Leistra.
* French: Translated by Annick le Goyat.
* German: Translated by Maria Hummitzsch and Ulrich Blumenbach
* Hebrew: Translated by the author.
* Hungarian: Translated by Gitta Tóth.
* Icelandic: ''Fólkið frá öndverðu óttast ekki''. Bjartur , Neon. September 2013. . Translated by Jón Hallur Stefánsson.
* Italian: Translated by F. Pedone.
* Korean:
''영원의 사람들은 두려워하지 않는다'''' ''. November 2013.
* Norwegian: ''Evighetens folk kjenner ingen frykt''. Cappelen Damm. 2013. . Translated by Johanne Fronth-Nygren.
* Polish: Translated by Urszula Gardner.
* Portuguese:
* Romanian:
'. Polirom. June 2014. .
* Serbian: Translated by Marko Mladenović.
* Spanish: Translated by Eugenia Vázquez Nacarino.
* Swedish: Translated by Erik MacQueen.
* United Kingdom: ''The People of Forever Are Not Afraid.'' Hogarth. February 2013. .
References
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2013 British novels
English novels
21st-century Israeli novels
Military novels
2013 debut novels
Hogarth Press books