The Amos Oz Reader - Amos Oz, Nitza Ben-Dov
KORTE INHOUD
A rich and varied selection of writings--from the early sixties to the present--by Amos Oz, one of Israel's leading novelists, public intellectuals, and political activists. "The Amos Oz Reader" draws on Oz's entire body of work and is 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." With an illuminating introduction by Robert Alter. Praise for "A Tale of Love and Darkness" "A[n]...ingenious work that circles around the rise of a state, the tragic destiny of a mother, a boy's creation of a new self." -The New Yorker "Detailed and beautiful...As he writes about himself and his family, Oz is also writin...
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2009Uitgever: Houghton Mifflin Harcourt392 paginasTaal: EngelsISBN-10: 0156035669ISBN-13: 9780156035668Koop dit boek tweedehands
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2009, 392pp, paperback, staat is goed, een hoekje van de kaft heeft een vouwtje. [Auteur: Oz, Amos] [Taal: en] [Uitgever: Houghton Mifflin Harcourt] [Jaar: 2009] [Titel: The Amos Oz Reader]
