As the Germans advance into Poland in 1939, Elisha Pomeranz, a Jewish mathematician and watchmaker, escapes into the forest, leaving behind his wife, Stepha. After the war, having evaded the concentration camps, they begin to build new lives in Israel where another war is brewing.
As the Germans advance into Poland in 1939, Elisha Pomeranz, a Jewish mathematician and watchmaker, escapes into the forest, leaving behind his wife, ...
Albert, an accountant and recent widower is trying to put his life back together. His son has gone off to find himself in Tibet. The son's girlfriend makes friendly daughterly overtures to Albert, whose response is less platonic.
Albert, an accountant and recent widower is trying to put his life back together. His son has gone off to find himself in Tibet. The son's girlfriend ...
A collection of stories, in which the lives of ordinary Israelis are set against the backdrop of community life in Kibbutz. The fate of these individuals, their drives, ambitions and idiosyncrasies are grounded by the physical and social structure of their community as the stories portray their world as a microcosm of the wider world.
A collection of stories, in which the lives of ordinary Israelis are set against the backdrop of community life in Kibbutz. The fate of these individu...
The Reader draws on Oz s entire body of work, loosely grouped into four themes: the kibbutz, the city of Jerusalem, the idea of a "promised land," and his own life story. Included are excerpts from his celebrated novels, among them Where the Jackals Howl, A Perfect Peace, My Michael, Fima, Black Box, and To Know a Woman. Nonfiction is represented by selections from Under This Blazing Light, The Slopes of Lebanon, In the Land of Israel, and Oz s masterpiece, A Tale of Love and Darkness. Robert Alter, a noted Hebrew scholar and translator, has provided an...
The Reader draws on Oz s entire body of work, loosely grouped into four themes: the kibbutz, the city of Jerusalem, the idea of a "promised lan...
In this deft, masterly book, Amos Oz turns his attention away from his family--the subject of the internationally acclaimed A Tale of Love and Darkness--and toward his profession, writing. The plot: eight hours in the life of an author. The setting: Tel Aviv, a stifling, hot night. A literary celebrity is giving a reading from his new book. And as his attention wanders, he begins to invent lives for the strangers he sees around him: here, a self-styled cultural guru, Yakir Bar-Orian Zhitomirski; there, a love-starved professional reader, Rochele Reznik; to say nothing of Ricky the...
In this deft, masterly book, Amos Oz turns his attention away from his family--the subject of the internationally acclaimed A Tale of Love and Dark...
Reality and fiction blend in an ingenious Rothian short novel from the celebrated author of 'A Tale of Love and Darkness' - witty but elegiac, playful and sexy but somehow deadly serious, it's about a bored writer who goes to a reading and has a brief sexual skirmish with a female reader. Or does he?
Reality and fiction blend in an ingenious Rothian short novel from the celebrated author of 'A Tale of Love and Darkness' - witty but elegiac, playful...
Internationally acclaimed novelist Amos Oz grew up in war-torn Jerusalem, where as a boy he witnessed firsthand the poisonous consequences of fanaticism. In two concise, powerful essays, the award-winning author offers unique insight into the true nature of extremism and proposes a reasoned and respectful approach to resolving the Israeli-Palestinian conflict. He also comments on related issues--the Gaza pullout, Yasser Arafat's death, and the war in Iraq--in an extended interview at the end of the book.
The brilliant clarity of these essays, coupled with Oz's ironic sense of humor...
Internationally acclaimed novelist Amos Oz grew up in war-torn Jerusalem, where as a boy he witnessed firsthand the poisonous consequences of fanat...
"Thema seines Romans Der perfekte Frieden ist die Liebe und die allfällige Versuchung, sie mutwillig, aus schierem Überdruß, aufs Spiel zu setzen. Jonatan Lifschitz, Mitte Zwanzig, die zentrale Figur dieses Buchs, mag nicht länger im Kibbuz leben, nachdem er erkannt zu haben glaubt, dass seine Frau Rimona ihm mittlerweile ebenso fremd geworden ist wie seine Eltern, daß er sich in dieser Umgebung völlig überflüssig vorkommt und dass er selber nun den entscheidenden Schritt tun muß - ohne allerdings zu wissen, in welche Richtung. Wo dieser Ort lag, wußte Jonatan Lifschitz nicht, aber...
"Thema seines Romans Der perfekte Frieden ist die Liebe und die allfällige Versuchung, sie mutwillig, aus schierem Überdruß, aufs Spiel zu setzen....
"Amos Oz erzählt die Geschichte eines Kibbuz, eine Geschichte, die er kennt; denn er hat selbst über 30 Jahre lang in einer dieser Keimzellen des israelischen Staatswesens gelebt. Er kennt sie, diese Jonathans, Asarjas, Sruliks, Joleks, Chawas und Rimonas, er kennt sie in ihrem Bedürfnis, irgendwo zuhause zu sein. Das Gefühl, das sie alle umtreibt, heißt Sehnsucht. Sehnsucht nach einem Staat, in dem sie frei und sicher leben können bei den Zionisten alten Schlages, Sehnsucht nach Abenteuer und einer weiten, einer grenzenlosen Welt bei der Jugend, die bereits in der Geborgenheit und der...
"Amos Oz erzählt die Geschichte eines Kibbuz, eine Geschichte, die er kennt; denn er hat selbst über 30 Jahre lang in einer dieser Keimzellen des is...
