Delicate

To receive your copy early, subscribe to Jewish Book Council’s Nu Reads—a bimonthly book subscription that brings remarkable Jewish literature directly to your door. Nu Reads subscribers will receive Delicate in September 2026. A lyrical and candid novel about the unstable work of remembering. Haunted by the recent death of his wife Bella, renowned Israeli writer and Holocaust survivor Adam Schumacher sets out on a journey to chronicle their love story before it’s too late. Decades after he fled the Nazis, Adam returns to Germany, where he confronts his past and his rapidly eroding memory. Somber and surreal, Delicate unfurls Adam’s distorted memories and fever dreams against the backdrop of modern Germany, where traces of history linger beneath daily life. Blending fact and fantasy, Adam summons fairy tales and bits of everyday culture as he attempts to compose his final testimony—and, in the process, to grieve all he has lost. Delicate invites readers to reflect on the power and limitations of language, and what happens when the memories of those who’ve shaped our present begin to dissolve. About the Author Ron Segal is an Israeli novelist and filmmaker. His work has been recognized with awards from the Goethe Institut, the Beijing Film Festival, and the Tel Aviv Museum of Art, as well as with an Alfred Döblin Scholarship and fellowships from the German Academic Exchange Service (DAAD), and the Berlin Senate Department for Culture. Segal is currently adapting Delicate into an animated feature film. He lives in Berlin with his family. Book Details 164 pages | Paperback | 5.0625 x 7.75 in | ISBN: 978-1-961814-62-2 Publication date: Spring 2027