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A Tale of Love and Darkness
Amos Oz Translated from the Hebrew by Nicholas de Lange
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Synopsis |
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Tragic, comic, and utterly honest, this extraordinary memoir is at once a great family saga and a magical self-portrait of a writer who witnessed the birth of a nation and lived through its turbulent history.
It is the story of a boy growing up in the war-torn Jerusalem of the forties and fifties, in a small apartment crowded with books in twelve languages and relatives speaking nearly as many. His mother and father, both wonderful people, were ill-suited to each other. When Oz was twelve and a half years old, his mother committed suicide, a tragedy that was to change his life. He leaves the constraints of the family and the community of dreamers, scholars, and failed businessmen and joins a kibbutz, changes his name, marries, has children, and finally becomes a writer as well as an active participant in the political life of Israel.
A story of clashing cultures and lives, of suffering and perseverance, of love and darkness.
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Praise |
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"[An] indelible memoir"
John Leonard,New York Times,
"Touching, haunting, wrenching, amusing, and sometimes downright hilarious...the best book Oz has ever written"
Robert Alter,The New Republic,12/27/2005
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Biography |
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Amos Oz is the author of numerous works of fiction and collections of essays. He has received the Prix Femina, the Israel Prize, and the Frankfurt Peace Prize. His books have been translated into more than thirty languages. Amos Oz lives in Israel.
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General Subjects |
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Biography & Autobiography- Literary
Biography & Autobiography- Personal Memoirs
Biography & Autobiography- Historical
History- Jewish
History- Middle East/Israel
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Academic Disciplines & Course Studies |
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Foreign Languages & Literature- Near Eastern Languages & Literature
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Interdisciplinary Studies- Middle Eastern/Islamic Studies
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Rights Details |
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First Serial/Second Serial/Reprint: Harcourt
Audio/Performance/Translation: Deborah Owen Limited
UK: Chatto & Windus (Random House UK Ltd.)
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Rights Information |
Harcourt Books
An imprint ofHarcourt Trade Publishers
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Harcourt Education Company
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