Synopsis
'A fable becoming reality of a woman becoming herself: Tehila Hakimi's Hunting in America just purely bangs' Joshua Cohen
An Israeli woman relocates to America on assignment from her tech company. In an attempt to leave her past behind and adapt entirely to the new culture in which she finds herself, she joins her colleagues on a deer hunt, discovering a surprising acumen for the sport. She fires again and again, refining her skills with every shot.
As she embarks on an affair with her hunting guide and colleague, David, she sinks deeper into hunting season, vacillating between predator and prey as the boundaries between man, woman, work, and nature begin to collapse. Hunting with David becomes the one stable aspect of her life until one day everything changes.
With a poet's eye and a hunter's aim, Tehila Hakimi's beguiling debut novelis a taut, twisty story about the everyday violence that haunts countries, and one woman's tenuous grasp on reality.
An Israeli woman relocates to America on assignment from her tech company. In an attempt to leave her past behind and adapt entirely to the new culture in which she finds herself, she joins her colleagues on a deer hunt, discovering a surprising acumen for the sport. She fires again and again, refining her skills with every shot.
As she embarks on an affair with her hunting guide and colleague, David, she sinks deeper into hunting season, vacillating between predator and prey as the boundaries between man, woman, work, and nature begin to collapse. Hunting with David becomes the one stable aspect of her life until one day everything changes.
With a poet's eye and a hunter's aim, Tehila Hakimi's beguiling debut novelis a taut, twisty story about the everyday violence that haunts countries, and one woman's tenuous grasp on reality.
Details
24 July 2025208 pages
9781804442531Imprint: Footnote Press
Reviews
Sexy, witty, and spare, like an unexpected stranger with whom you might be persuaded to leave a party. Except the party's in middle America and involves gunsElisa Albert, author of HUMAN BLUES AND THE SNARLING GIRL AND OTHER ESSAYS
A fable becoming reality of a woman becoming herself: Tehila Hakimi's Hunting in America just purely bangsJoshua Cohen, author of THE NETANYAHUS
This novel exhales a kind of danger. It crackles with tension. Hunting in America is an uncanny, unnerving read. I held my breath to the last brilliant pageBea Setton, author of BERLIN
A debut that stuns with originality and guile, Tehila Hakimi skillfully weaves a narrative that explores womanhood, the workplace, and the unsettling normalization of violence in both Israel and America. I was caught in the spell of the narrator's obscure voice from the first paragraphDorit Rabinyan, author of ALL THE RIVERS