Wir haben noch das ganze Leben

WM Final 1998. France vs. Brazil. A feverish atmosphere in front of the television among Churchill, Juval, Amichai, and Ofir. The four are around thirty, friends since childhood, watching soccer together, chatting, smoking, and being there for each other. One of them has the curious idea to write down three life wishes on a piece of paper, hide the papers, and reveal the wishes only at the next final. Will luck be on their side?

Four years later, nothing is as it was. The mood in the country is explosive, the wishes have faded, and life tastes different. Eshkol Nevo's new novel about the joy of youth, the intimacy of true friendship, acknowledges the fragility of life yet is full of hope and warmth.