The Amos Oz Reader: Celebrated Novels and Masterpiece Nonfiction from a Literary Life

The Amos Oz Reader: Celebrated Novels and Masterpiece Nonfiction from a Literary Life

<DIV><DIV>The <I>Reader </I>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 <I>Where the Jackals Howl, A Perfect Peace, My Michael, Fima, Black Box, </I>and <I>To Know a Woman. </I>Nonfiction is represented by selections from <I>Under This Blazing Light, The Slopes of Lebanon, In the Land of Israel, </I>and Oz’s masterpiece, <I>A Tale of Love and Darkness. </I>Robert Alter, a noted Hebrew scholar and translator, has provided an illuminating introduction. <P></P></DIV></DIV>