Amos Oz: A Tale of Love and Darkness

A memoir-novel, the most personal book by a classic of Israeli literature. A family saga and a self-portrait of a writer who witnessed the birth of a nation and the turbulent post-war era. It is a coming-of-age story of a boy who grew up in war-torn Jerusalem, in a small apartment crammed with books in twelve languages, surrounded by twelve relatives. It is the story of a teenager whose life was changed forever by his mother's death. It is the story of a young man who managed to escape his family's suffocating world, join an unknown new world, and change his name. It is the story of a famous writer who becomes an active participant in his country's political life.
A very warm book that contains both humorous episodes and very serious reflections on good and evil, on an individual's place in a new, emerging world, on family, parents, war, and the confrontation with a neighboring people. Having become a famous writer, Amos Oz looks back at his childhood, which held more hardship and deprivation than joy, and sees only warmth and love there.

Author: Amos Oz

Pages: 656 (offset). Hardcover

Dimensions: 220x140x20 mm