A Tale of Love and Darkness

Amos Oz

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Vintage
01 October 2005

Biography; Biography: historical, political & military; Literary studies: from c 1900 -; Literary studies: fiction, novelists & prose writers

Tragic, comic and incomparable- an autobiographical epic and a comedie humaine for our times.

Discover Amos Oz's most iconic work in this extraordinary memoir that is at once a great family saga and a magical self-portrait of a writer who witnessed the birth of a nation
*OVER 2 MILLION COPIES SOLD WORLDWIDE
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'A hero of mine, a moral as well as literary giant' Simon Schama

Amos Oz's remarkable, moving story takes us on a seductive journey through his childhood and adolescence, along Jerusalem's war-torn streets in the 1940s and '50s and into a small apartment crowded with books in twelve languages and relatives speaking nearly as many. Caught between them is one small boy with the weight of generations on his shoulders.

Oz dives into 120 years of family history and paradox, the saga of a Jewish love-hate affair with Europe that sweeps from Vilna and Odessa, via Poland and Prague, to Israel. Farce and heartbreak, history and humanity make up this story of clashing cultures and lives, of suffering and perseverance, of love and darkness.

'Oz's greatest work...not only his autobiography, but in a way the biography of Israel before it was created' David Grossman, Observer

By: Amos Oz
Imprint: Vintage
Country of Publication: United Kingdom
Edition: New edition
Dimensions: Height: 198mm, Width: 129mm, Spine: 31mm
Weight: 362g
ISBN: 9780099450030
ISBN 10: 0099450038
Pages: 448
Publication Date: 01 October 2005
Audience: General/trade , ELT Advanced
Format: Paperback
Publisher's Status: Active

Born in Jerusalem in 1939, Amos Oz is the internationally acclaimed author of many novels and essay collections, translated into 30 languages. He has received several international awards, including the Prix Femina, the Israel Prize and the Frankfurt Peace Prize. He lives in Arad, Israel.

Reviews for A Tale of Love and Darkness

"""One of the funniest, most tragic and most touching books I have ever read. A testament to a family, a time and a place."" Guardian ""A masterpiece"" Irish Times ""One of the most gripping, intense and moving autobiographies I have ever read."" Independent on Sunday ""It sweeps across 120 years of family history, weaving a tragi-comic saga of love and books, of Jewish life and immigrant life the world over, and of the universal madness of families. Read it now - I promise you won't read a more brilliant book in a long, long while."" Daily Mail ""If you have 18 euros in your pocket and at least two days left to live, then you should do one more thing to die without regrets, and that is to read this book."" La Republica"