books by Amos Oz     books:     Amos Oz      Elsewhere, Perhaps Amos Oz Harvest Books, 1985 Early Oz- The Kibbutz as "Our Town" One of the interesting features of this novel is the voice in which Oz writes. He writes in a kind of collective voice, as if the kibbutz were being described by its members, a kind of 'our Kibbutz' like Thorton Wilder's 'Our Town'. In adopting this voice Oz however ...             In the Land of Israel (Harvest in Translation) Amos Oz Harvest Books, 1993 A small collective portrait of Israel in the 1980's This is a book about meetings in Israel with different kinds of Israelis. Oz does a good job of listening sympathetically and narrating the stories and complaints of those he meets. One especially powerful meeting occurs in a development town where those of the ' ...             The Same Sea Amos Oz Harvest Books, 2002 a great writer a wonderful book This is Amos Oz at his best. In the "Same Sea" Oz continues to grow and explore the boundries of literature and of the human condition. His ability to synthesize prose and poetry is superb. He is among the greatest contemporay authors. He defines the relationships ...             How to Cure a Fanatic Amos Oz Princeton University Press, 2006 A great deal of wisdom in a very small package. I usually do not find books written by Israelis or Palestinians about past or present events in the land whose very name is a matter of perspective and politics to be very interesting or enlightening. The authors usually either have an agenda or are engaging in pure ...             To Know a Woman (Harvest in translation) Amos Oz Harvest Books, 1992 To Know A Man Yoel Ravid, is my kind of man. He was an Israeli secret service agent for most of his life, and had the ability to sense the truth in people. Amos Oz has written an extraordinary novel, "To Know a Woman". However, in Yoel's quest to find the secret of his life and ...             My Michael Amos Oz Harvest Books, 2005 "Deception always gives itself away. It is like a blanket which is too short." Hannah Gonen, thirty years old and living in Jerusalem in the late 1950s, has been wife for ten years to Michael, a man she pursued and married when she was in her first year at the university and he was a graduate student. Michael, who describes himself as "good...a ...             A Tale of Love and Darkness Amos Oz Harvest Books, 2005 A beautiful and moving memoir This is a beautiful and moving memoir from a sensitive and humanistic writer of great skill and style. The reader will feel that he or she is personally experiencing growing up with the author in the most modest and simple circumstances, in the young State of Israel, ...             Black Box Amos Oz Vintage, 1993 It is not an airplane, it is a relationship and it is falling apart What first pops in one's mind after seeing the title of Amos Oz "Black Box" is a plane accident. And that is exactly what the book is about. But it is not an aircraft as we know it, in the novel, the vehicle is a marriage, but in a more broad scope, the black box ...             Panther in the Basement Amos Oz Harvest Books, 1998 such is our story: it comes from darkness, wanders around, and returns to darkness One day, Proffi sees the words "low-down traitor" painted on his wall, and next thing he knows, he is summoned to a trial for his treachery. What is he guilty of? Proffi is a twelve-year old boy from Jerusalem. It is 1947 and Israel is on the verge of independence. ...             Israel, Palestine and Peace: Essays Amos Oz Harvest Books, 1995 Wonderful, Informative essays Beautifully written essays that illustrate the problems of the Holy Lands frankly and passionately. Oz brings me my first real understanding of both sides of the struggle in Israel. He succeeds with the clarity that has alluded most news teams, and does it in a way ...             Black Box. Roman. Amos Oz Suhrkamp, 1991             The Story Begins: Essays on Literature Amos Oz Harcourt, 1999 To draw the reader in and keep him telling the story In this small book the Israeli writer Amos Oz analyzes story- beginnings . The writers of the stories are Fontane, Agnon, Chekhov, Yaacov Shabtai,Dostoevsky, Raymond Carver, among others. He introduces the volume by describing the difference between a storyteller- ...             A Perfect Peace Amos Oz Harvest Books, 1993 I loved this book! Having spent some time in Israel and having become more and more interested in the country and it's people I was excited to discover this book set in Israel, on a kibbutz. However, as I read, this book provoded me with a greater understanding of the complexities and ...             Soumchi Amos Oz Toby Press, 2003 Great short story! This story is basically a kid's perspective of his life, friends and parents and what is important to him. The initial simplicity of the story is deceptive and there is depth here which is subjective; you will have to read it to find out for yourself. I enjoyed this ...             Panther in the Basement Amos Oz Recorded Books, 1999 Amos Oz is a renowned peace activist and political commentator, as well as Israels finest living writer. He demonstrates his genius in this poignant coming-of-age story set in Palestine during the last days of the British mandate. The novel displays the insight into character and conscience which have distinguished Oz as one of the most important ...          products you might be interested in search for books basement, darkness, elsewhere, literature, palestine, translation      toavi.com    web randomly chosen book: The Moscow Puzzles: 359 Mathematical Recreations (Math & Logic Puzzles)