A Tale Of Love And Darkness
by Amos Oz
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- Fine
- Condition
- Fine
- ISBN 10
- 0701174218
- ISBN 13
- 9780701174217
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Synopsis
Tragic, comic, and utterly honest, this extraordinary memoir is at once a great family saga and a magical self-portrait of a writer who witnessed the birth of a nation and lived through its turbulent history. It is the story of a boy growing up in the war-torn Jerusalem of the forties and fifties, in a small apartment crowded with books in twelve languages and relatives speaking nearly as many. His mother and father, both wonderful people, were ill-suited to each other. When Oz was twelve and a half years old, his mother committed suicide, a tragedy that was to change his life. He leaves the constraints of the family and the community of dreamers, scholars, and failed businessmen and joins a kibbutz, changes his name, marries, has children, and finally becomes a writer as well as an active participant in the political life of Israel. A story of clashing cultures and lives, of suffering and perseverance, of love and darkness.
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- Bookseller
- GUY'S BOOKS (GB)
- Bookseller's Inventory #
- 9O-WA2E-1D0E
- Title
- A Tale Of Love And Darkness
- Author
- Amos Oz
- Book Condition
- Used - Fine
- Quantity Available
- 1
- Binding
- Hardcover
- ISBN 10
- 0701174218
- ISBN 13
- 9780701174217
- Publisher
- Chatto and Windus
- Place of Publication
- London
- This edition first published
- June 6, 2004