| The Amos Oz Reader Contributor(s): Oz, Amos (Author), Ben Dov, Nitza (Author), Alter, Robert (Foreword by) |
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ISBN: 0156035669 ISBN-13: 9780156035668 Publisher: Mariner Books OUR PRICE: $21.80 Product Type: Paperback Published: April 2009 Annotation: A rich and varied selection of writings--from the early 1960s to the present--by Amos Oz, one of Israel's leading novelists, public intellectuals, and political activists. |
| Additional Information |
| BISAC Categories: - Literary Criticism | Jewish - Literary Criticism | Middle Eastern |
| Dewey: 892.436 |
| LCCN: 2008053532 |
| Physical Information: 1" H x 5.2" W x 7.9" (0.80 lbs) 416 pages |
| Descriptions, Reviews, Etc. |
| Publisher Description: 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 illuminating introduction. |
Contributor Bio(s): Oz, Amos: - " AMOS OZ (1939 - 2018) was born in Jerusalem. He was the recipient of the Prix Femina, the Frankfurt Peace Prize, the Goethe Prize, the Primo Levi Prize, and the National Jewish Book Award, among other international honors. His work has been translated into forty-four languages. " |