The People of Forever Are Not Afraid

The People of Forever Are Not Afraid

First edition cover
Author	Shani Boianjiu
Language	English
Genre	Literary Fiction
Publisher	Hogarth Press
Publication date	September 2012
Publication place	United States
Media type	Print (Hardcover)
Pages	352
ISBN	978-0-307-95595-1

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 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. ISBN 978-0-307-95595-1.
• American (paperback): The People of Forever are not Afraid. Random House. 7 February 2013. ISBN 978-1448139637.
• Brazilian: O Povo Eterno não tem Medo. Alfaguara. 2013. ISBN 978-8579622175. Translated by Débora Landsberg.
• Canadian: The People of Forever Are Not Afraid. Anchor. ISBN 978-0385676915.
• Croatian: Vječne ratnice. Znanje. December 3, 2012. ISBN 978-9533246895. Translated by Marta Klepo.
• Czech: Věčný národ se strachy netřese. Jota. ISBN 978-8074623400. Translated by Tomáš Suchomel.
• Danish: Det evige folk har ingen frygt. Gyldenal. September 2013. ISBN 978-8702125764.
• Dutch: Het eeuwige volk kent geen angst. Anthos. January 2013. ISBN 978-9041421036. Translated by Auke Leistra.
• French: Nous faisions semblant d'être quelqu'un d'autre. Robert Laffont. August 2014. ISBN 978-2-221-13138-1. Translated by Annick le Goyat.
• German: Das Volk der Ewigkeit kennt keine Angst. Kiepenheuer & Witsch. 10 September 2013. ISBN 978-3462045581. Translated by Maria Hummitzsch and Ulrich Blumenbach
• Hebrew: עם הנצח לא מפחד. Kinneret Zmora-Bitan. June 2013. ISBN 978-965-552-856-5. Translated by the author.
• Hungarian: Bátraké a mennyország. Libri. ISBN 978-9633101360. Translated by Gitta Tóth.
• Icelandic: Fólkið frá öndverðu óttast ekki. Bjartur |Neon. September 2013. ISBN 978-9935454102. Translated by Jón Hallur Stefánsson.
• Italian: La gente come noi non ha paura. Rizzoli. 1 January 2013. ISBN 978-8817064415. Translated by F. Pedone.
• Korean: 영원의 사람들은 두려워하지 않는다 . November 2013.
• Norwegian: Evighetens folk kjenner ingen frykt. Cappelen Damm. 2013. ISBN 978-8202382506. Translated by Johanne Fronth-Nygren.
• Polish: Naród, który nie zna strachu. Sonia Draga. ISBN 978-8375087185. Translated by Urszula Gardner.
• Portuguese: O povo da eternidade não tem medo. Objectiva. September 2013. ISBN 978-9896721886.
• Romanian: Oamenii eternităţii nu se tem niciodată. Polirom. June 2014. ISBN 978-973-46-3786-7.
• Serbian: Večni narod se ne boji. Laguna. 18 February 2013. ISBN 978-8652111435. Translated by Marko Mladenović.
• Spanish: La gente como nosotros no tiene miedo. Alfaguara. 4 September 2013. ISBN 978-8420414928. Translated by Eugenia Vázquez Nacarino.
• Swedish: Det eviga folket är inte rädda. Natur & Kultur. 20 April 2013. ISBN 978-9127133631. Translated by Erik MacQueen.
• United Kingdom: The People of Forever Are Not Afraid. Hogarth. February 2013. ISBN 978-1781090091.