Novelist Amos Oz and historian Fania Oz-Salzberger roam the gamut of Jewish history to explain the integral relationship of Jews and words. Through a blend of storytelling and scholarship, conversation and argument, father and daughter […]
[ Read More → ]Between Friends
Type: short stories
First Published in 2012
In the stories of “Between Friends” Amos Oz returns to the kibbutz of the fifties. The stories take place in the imaginary Kibbutz Yikhat, and they remarkably draw portraits of men and women who […]
[ Read More → ]Scenes from Village Life
Type: short stories
First Published in 2009
In the village of Tel Ilan, something is off kilter. An elderly man complains to his daughter that he hears the sound of digging under his house at night. Could it be his tenant, a […]
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Amos Oz Reader
Type: anthology
First Published in 2009
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 […]
[ Read More → ]Rhyming Life And Death
Type: novel
First Published in 2007
In this deft, masterly book, Amos Oz turns his attention away from his family—the subject of the internationally acclaimed A Tale of Love and Darkness—and toward his profession, writing. The plot: eight hours in the […]
[ Read More → ]Suddenly In The Depth Of The Forest
Type: novel
First Published in 2005
In a gray and gloomy village, all of the animals—from dogs and cats to fish and snails—disappeared years before. No one talks about it and no one knows why, though everyone agrees that the village […]
[ Read More → ]Help Us To Divorce
Type:
First Published in 2004
Two astonishingly powerful essays – ‘How to Cure a Fanatic’ illuminates the evils of fanaticism within the twenty-first century; ‘Help Us To Divorce’ is an inspiring take on how to resolve the Israel-Palestinian conflict.
[ Read More → ]How To Cure A Fanatic or Help Us To Divorce
Type: essays
First Published in 2003
In two concise, powerful essays, the award-winning author offers unique insight into the true nature of fanaticism and proposes a reasoned and respectful approach to resolving the Israeli Palestinian conflict. As an added feature, he […]
[ Read More → ]A Tale of Love and Darkness
Type: novel
First Published in 2002
Tragic, comic, and utterly honest, this bestselling and critically acclaimed new work by “one of Israel’s most gifted and prolific authors” (Helen Epstein, The Forward) is at once a family saga and a magical self-portrait […]
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The Same Sea
Type: novel
First Published in 1999
The Same Sea is Amos Oz’s most adventurous and inventive novel, the book by which he would like to be remembered. The cast of characters ranges from a prodigal son to a widowed father who […]
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