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Amos Oz Reader by Nitza Ben Dov and Amos Oz (2009, Trade Paperback)
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Product Identifiers
Publisher
HarperCollins
ISBN-10
0156035669
ISBN-13
9780156035668
eBay Product ID (ePID)
70986677
Product Key Features
Book Title
Amos Oz Reader
Number of Pages
416 Pages
Language
English
Topic
Middle Eastern, Diaries & Journals, General, Jewish
Publication Year
2009
Genre
Literary Criticism, Literary Collections
Format
Trade Paperback
Dimensions
Item Height
1 in
Item Weight
12.2 Oz
Item Length
8 in
Item Width
5.3 in
Additional Product Features
Intended Audience
Trade
LCCN
2008-053532
Dewey Edition
22
TitleLeading
The
Reviews
...this literary album contains striking snapshots by a gifted writer with a capacious heart and humane philosophy., "Bringing the same intensity of engagement and passion for poetic expression to fiction and nonfiction alike, [Oz] articulates the psychological complexity beneath the armor of Israel's bellicose politics and the tragedy of its geopolitical predicament. This well-organized volume reaches back to the 1960s, mixes genres, and showcases Oz's beautifully mythic prose...Timely and illuminating."-Donna Seaman, Booklist "[T]his literary album contains striking snapshots by a gifted writer with a capacious heart and humane philosophy." -Kirkus Reviews --, ...all [the selections] are representative of an intensely poetic writer who is concerned with contemporary life in a conflicted Israel. Oz''s subjects come out of his experiences of kibbutz living, war, and the struggles of individuals who are in conflict with Israeli society''s ideals. For readers wanting to sample the range of this important international writer, this collection will serve as a fine introduction., This well-organized volume reaches back to the 1960s, mixes genres, and showcases Oz's beautifully mythic prose...Fluent in social matters, Oz finds meaning in the lives of individuals, each a cosmos of pain and love. Timely and illuminating., "Praise for A Tale of Love and Darkness":"Every event, factual detail, every discovery opens myriad doors to unexpected revelations..It is impossible to give a full account of this books' riches.", "Praise for A Perfect Peace":"Oz renders brilliantly the rhythms of kibbutz life, the tensions between privacy and community, the workers scurrying about in the rain, philosophy in the tractor shed.", "Bringing the same intensity of engagement and passion for poetic expression to fiction and nonfiction alike, [Oz] articulates the psychological complexity beneath the armor of Israel's bellicose politics and the tragedy of its geopolitical predicament. This well-organized volume reaches back to the 1960s, mixes genres, and showcases Oz's beautifully mythic prose...Timely and illuminating." -Donna Seaman,Booklist "[T]his literary album contains striking snapshots by a gifted writer with a capacious heart and humane philosophy." -Kirkus Reviews , ...all [the selections] are representative of an intensely poetic writer who is concerned with contemporary life in a conflicted Israel. Oz's subjects come out of his experiences of kibbutz living, war, and the struggles of individuals who are in conflict with Israeli society's ideals. For readers wanting to sample the range of this important international writer, this collection will serve as a fine introduction., "Bringing the same intensity of engagement and passion for poetic expression to fiction and nonfiction alike, [Oz] articulates the psychological complexity beneath the armor of Israel's bellicose politics and the tragedy of its geopolitical predicament. This well-organized volume reaches back to the 1960s, mixes genres, and showcases Oz's beautifully mythic prose...Timely and illuminating." -Donna Seaman, Booklist "[T]his literary album contains striking snapshots by a gifted writer with a capacious heart and humane philosophy." - Kirkus Reviews, "Bringing the same intensity of engagement and passion for poetic expression to fiction and nonfiction alike, [Oz] articulates the psychological complexity beneath the armor of Israel's bellicose politics and the tragedy of its geopolitical predicament. This well-organized volume reaches back to the 1960s, mixes genres, and showcases Oz's beautifully mythic prose...Timely and illuminating."-Donna Seaman, Booklist "[T]his literary album contains striking snapshots by a gifted writer with a capacious heart and humane philosophy." - Kirkus Reviews, "Bringing the same intensity of engagement and passion for poetic expression to fiction and nonfiction alike, [Oz] articulates the psychological complexity beneath the armor of Israel's bellicose politics and the tragedy of its geopolitical predicament. This well-organized volume reaches back to the 1960s, mixes genres, and showcases Oz's beautifully mythic prose...Timely and illuminating." -Donna Seaman, Booklist "[T]his literary album contains striking snapshots by a gifted writer with a capacious heart and humane philosophy." - Kirkus Reviews , "Bringing the same intensity of engagement and passion for poetic expression to fiction and nonfiction alike, [Oz] articulates the psychological complexity beneath the armor of Israel's bellicose politics and the tragedy of its geopolitical predicament. This well-organized volume reaches back to the 1960s, mixes genres, and showcases Oz's beautifully mythic prose...Timely and illuminating."-Donna Seaman, Booklist "[T]his literary album contains striking snapshots by a gifted writer with a capacious heart and humane philosophy."- Kirkus Reviews
Dewey Decimal
892.4/36
Table Of Content
Introduction--by Robert Alter The Kibbutz - "an exemplary non-failure" The Kibbutz at the Present Time ( from Under This Blazing Light-- an essay)/ 7-11 Where the Jackals Howl ( from Where the Jackals Howl-- a story)/ 12-29 The Way of the Wind ( from Where the Jackals Howl-- a story) 30-51 An Extended Family ( from Elsewhere, Perhaps)/ 52-79 Secret Adaptability ( from A Perfect Peace)/ 95-125 Jerusalem - An Alien City An Alien City ( from Under This Blazing Light -- an essay)/ 129-135 It's Cold in this Jerusalem of Yours ( from My Michael)/ 136-158 Whoever Moves toward the Light Moves toward the Holy City ( from Crusade)/ 176-215 Life Nowadays is like a Stupid Party ( from The Hill of Evil Counsel --a novella)/232-258 A City where All Men are Half Prophet, Half Prime Minister (from Fima)/ 290-326 In the Promised Land The Meaning of Homeland ( from Under This Blazing Light -- an essay)/ 351-373 Thank God for His Daily Blessing ( from In the Land of Israel -- epilogue)/ 374-394 Yours with Great Respect and in Jewish Solidarity ( from Black Box)/ 395-429 And So Yoel Ravid Began to Give In ( from To Know a Woman)/ 436-465 Hebrew Melodies ( from The Slopes of Lebanon -- prologue)/ 494-516 In an Autobiographical Vein An autobiographical note ( from Under This Blazing Light - an essay)/ 519-524 Father and Son in a Search for Love ( from The Same Sea) 525-527 My Mother was Thirty-Eight when She Died ( from A Tale of Love and Darkness)/ 528-541 Imagining the Other is a Deep and Subtle Human Pleasure (Goethe Prize Speech)
Synopsis
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 Reader features extensive excerpts from the entire range of Oz's career, loosely grouped into four themes which Oz's work has consistently reflected: the kibbutz, the city of Jerusalem, the idea of "promised land", and his own life story. Editor Nitza ben-Dov has included extracts from a career-spanning range of Oz's novels, among them WHERE THE JACKALS HOWL, ELSEWHERE PERHAPS, A PERFECT PEACE, MY MICHAEL, CRUSADE, 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 recent masterpiece, A TALE OF LOVE AND DARKNESS. Brought together thus, we can see how firmly grounded all of his writing is in the Israeli reality he knows so intimately and about which he feels so passionately -- the Jerusalem of his childhood, the kibbutz where he lived and worked for many years, the landscape and politics of the land of Israel. THE AMOS OZ READER is an invaluable introduction to the work of one of the most highly regarded writers in the world today., 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.
LC Classification Number
PJ5054.O9A2 2009
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