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'Prophetic-a novelist of stature and wisdom' Daily Telegraph
Tragic, comic and incomparable: an autobiographical epic and a comedie humaine for our times, which is ...
Born in Jerusalem in 1939, Amos Oz is the internationally acclaimed author of many novels and essay collections, translated into over thirty languages, as well as a children's book, Soumchi. His acclaimed semi-autobiographical work, A Tale of Love and Darkness, was a bestseller all over the world. He has received several international awards, including the Prix Femina, the Israel Prize, the Goethe Prize and the Frankfurt Peace Prize. He lives in Arad, Israel.
'There is no novelist writing today who catches the feeling of the moment more surely than Amos Oz' Scotsman
Tragic, comic and incomparable: an autobiographical epic and a comedie humaine for our times, which is both the portrait of an artist and the story of the birth of a nation, spanning several generations ...
'Vivid, convincing and haunting' New York Times
A novel about love and loss from one of our greatest living writers
'Beautiful and evocative' Daily Telegraph
'As always Amos Oz writes beautifully - cold, clear compelling prose' Nina Bawden, Daily Telegraph