Few writers have explored the souls of Israelis with the clear, unsentimental vision that Oz brings to both his novels and his nonfiction.His characters, while influenced by political events in a land under constant siege, also exhibit the universal emotions of love, longing, fearand ambition, as we
Don't Call It Night
β Scribed by Oz, Amos
- Book ID
- 107654830
- Publisher
- Houghton Mifflin Harcourt
- Tongue
- English
- Weight
- 386 KB
- Category
- Fiction
- ISBN-13
- 9780547738932
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β¦ Synopsis
A New York Times Notable Book of the Year
"A rich symphony of humanity . . . If Oz's eye for detail is enviable, it is his magnanimity which raises him to the first rank of world authors." βSunday Telegraph (UK)
At Tel-Kedar, a settlement in the Negev desert, the longtime love affair between Theo, a sixty-year-old civil engineer, and Noa, a young schoolteacher, is slowly disintegrating. When a pupil dies under difficult circumstances, the couple and the entire town are thrown into turmoil. Amos Oz explores with brilliant insight the possibilitiesβand limitsβof love and tolerance.
"Vivid, convincing, and haunting." βNew York Times Book Review
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A *New York Times* Notable Book of the Year "A rich symphony of humanity . . . If Oz's eye for detail is enviable, it is his magnanimity which raises him to the first rank of world authors." β*Sunday Telegraph* (UK) At Tel-Kedar, a settlement in the Negev desert, the longtime love affa
A New York Times Notable Book of the Year "A rich symphony of humanity . . . If Oz's eye for detail is enviable, it is his magnanimity which raises him to the first rank of world authors." βSunday Telegraph (UK) At Tel-Kedar, a settlement in the Negev desert, the longtime love affair between Theo, a