Amos Oz: Writer, Activist, Icon - Couverture rigide

Alter, Robert

Couverture rigide

ISBN 10 : 0300250177 ISBN 13 : 9780300250176

Editeur : Yale University Press, 2023

Synopsis

An intimate portrait illuminating the life and work of Amos Oz, the award-winning Israeli writer and activist

"Concise and compelling."--Benjamin Balint, Wall Street Journal

Amos Oz (1939-2018) was one of Israel's most prolific and prominent writers, as well as a regular contender for the Nobel Prize for Literature. He was the author of dozens of novels, essay collections, and novellas written between 1965 and shortly before his death.

In this first published biography of Oz, the celebrated translator, literary critic, and biblical scholar Robert Alter explores Oz's relationship with his family, beginning with the suicide of his mother, Fania Klausner, when he was twelve years old, and goes on to review his time in Kibbutz Hulda, which he entered at fourteen following his separation from his father, Arieh Klausner; his family's right-wing Zionism; his writing career; his activism in support of a pluralistic Israel; and his work as an international lecturer.

In examining Oz's life and work, Alter brings together testimony from Oz and his circle, as well as close readings of his central works, to present the inner world and public persona of Amos Oz.

A propos du livre

À propos de l'auteur

Robert Alter is professor of the Graduate School and emeritus professor of Hebrew and comparative literature at the University of California, Berkeley. He is the award-winning author of two dozen books, including his three-volume translation of the Hebrew Bible. He lives in Berkeley, CA.

Détails de l'édition

• Éditeur: Yale University Press
• Date d'édition: 2023
• Langue: anglais
• ISBN 10: 0300250177
• ISBN 13: 9780300250176
• Reliure: Relié
• Nombre de pages: 200
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