A Tale of Love and Darkness

Amos Oz, NRM de Lange

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Harvest Books
01 November 2005

Biography; Biography: literary; Literature: history & criticism; Jewish studies

Tragic, comic, and utterly honest, this bestselling and critically acclaimed work is at once a 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. The story of an adolescent whose life has been changed forever by his mother's suicide when he was twelve years old. The story of a man who leaves the constraints of his family and its community of dreamers, scholars, and failed businessmen to join a kibbutz, change his name, marry, have children. The story of a writer who becomes an active participant in the political life of his nation.

By: Amos Oz
Translated by: NRM de Lange
Imprint: Harvest Books
Country of Publication: United States
Dimensions: Height: 201mm, Width: 140mm, Spine: 24mm
Weight: 586g
ISBN: 9780156032520
ISBN 10: 015603252X
Pages: 538
Publication Date: 01 November 2005
Audience: General/trade , College/higher education , ELT Advanced , Primary
Format: Paperback
Publisher's Status: Active

Reviews for A Tale of Love and Darkness

PRAISE FOR AMOS OZ A commanding artist who ranks with the most important writers of our time. -Cynthia Ozick PRAISE FOR THE SAME SEA Impressive and moving . . . Oz tells the story of ordinary people in an extraordinary manner . . . Literature that is both spiritually moving and secularly provocative. -Los Angeles Times Book Review --