The Amos Oz Reader
HarperCollins · Print & ebook · April 14, 2009
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- Who it’s for
- Oz’s fiction and nonfiction selections gather around four themes, with an introduction by Robert Alter.
- Themes
- Kibbutz, Jerusalem, Promised land
- Genres
- Middle Eastern Literary Collections, Jewish Lives, Essay Collections
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Israeli StoriesJoel Blocker, Robert Alter56% matchShares Middle Eastern Literary Collections
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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.
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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.
Oz’s Four Themes
Oz’s fiction and nonfiction selections gather around four themes, with an introduction by Robert Alter.
Come here for
- Excerpts from Oz’s novels and nonfiction, including A Tale of Love and Darkness
- Four loose themes: kibbutz, Jerusalem, promised land, and Oz’s life story
Expect
- Selections from six named novels
- Nonfiction excerpts and an introduction by Hebrew scholar and translator Robert Alter
Where it sits
| Middle Eastern Literary Collections | 96% |
|---|---|
| Essay Collections | 36% |
| Jewish Lives | 28% |
Percentages are BookFrontier’s reading of the book.
Publisher categories
- Essay Collections
- Letters & Correspondence
- Middle Eastern Literary Collections
- Diaries & Journals Collection
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- Medieval Collections
- Speeches Collection
- Women Authors Collections
- Themed Literary Collections
- Authors
- Amos Oz, Nitza Ben Dov
- Publisher
- HarperCollins
- Published
- April 14, 2009
- Format
- Print & ebook
- Theme
- Kibbutz · Jerusalem · Promised land
- Reading lane
- Essay Collections