Amos Oz: Writer, Activist, Icon - Hardcover
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Amos Oz: Writer, Activist, Icon - Hardcover
$26.00
by Robert Alter (Author)
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.Author Biography
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.
Number of Pages: 200
Dimensions: 0.7 x 8.3 x 6.1 IN
Publication Date: September 26, 2023
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