4.2
A Tale Of Love And Darkness
by Amos Oz
The International Bestselling memoir from award-winning author Amos Oz, "one of Isreal's most prolific writers and respected intellectuals" (The New York Times), about his turbulent upbringing in the city of Jerusalem in the era of the dissolution of Mandatory Palestine and the beginning of the State of Israel.
Winner of the National Jewish Book Award
"[An] ingenious work that circles around the rise of a state, the tragic destiny of a mother, a boy’s creation of a new self."—The New Yorker
A family saga and a magical self-portrait of a writer who witnessed the birth of a nation and lived through its turbulent history. A Tale of Love and Darkness is the story of a boy who grows up in war-torn Jerusalem, in a small apartment crowded with books in twelve languages and relatives speaking nearly as many. The story of an adolescent whose life has been changed forever by his mother’s suicide. The story of a man who leaves the constraints of his family and community to join a kibbutz, change his name, marry, have children. The story of a writer who becomes an active participant in the political life of his nation.
"One of the most enchanting and deeply satisfying books that I have read in many years."—New Republic
Winner of the National Jewish Book Award
"[An] ingenious work that circles around the rise of a state, the tragic destiny of a mother, a boy’s creation of a new self."—The New Yorker
A family saga and a magical self-portrait of a writer who witnessed the birth of a nation and lived through its turbulent history. A Tale of Love and Darkness is the story of a boy who grows up in war-torn Jerusalem, in a small apartment crowded with books in twelve languages and relatives speaking nearly as many. The story of an adolescent whose life has been changed forever by his mother’s suicide. The story of a man who leaves the constraints of his family and community to join a kibbutz, change his name, marry, have children. The story of a writer who becomes an active participant in the political life of his nation.
"One of the most enchanting and deeply satisfying books that I have read in many years."—New Republic
AUTHORS, ISRAELIAUTHORS_BIOGRAPHY
RELEASED2005
PUBLISHERHarperVia
LENGTH560
LANGUAGEEN
Amos Oz (hebreo, עָמוֹס עוֹז; Jerusalén, 4 de mayo de 1939), nacido Amos Klausner, es un escritor, novelista y periodista israelí, considerado como uno de los más importantes escritores contemporáneos en hebreo. Premio Israel de Literatura (1988); Premio Goethe de Literatura (2005) por su libro autobiográfico *Una historia de amor y oscuridad*; y candidato varios años consecutivos al Premio Nobel de Literatura. Fue uno de los fundadores del movimiento pacifista israelí *Shalom Ajshav*. Es profesor de Literatura en la Universidad Ben-Gurión de Beer Sheba, en el Néguev y miembro de la Academia Europea de Ciencias y Artes. En 2007 recibió el Premio Príncipe de Asturias de las Letras. **Fuente**: <a href="http://es.wikipedia.org/wiki/Amos_Oz">Wikipedia</a>
4.2
A Tale Of Love And Darkness
by Amos Oz
The International Bestselling memoir from award-winning author Amos Oz, "one of Isreal's most prolific writers and respected intellectuals" (The New York Times), about his turbulent upbringing in the city of Jerusalem in the era of the dissolution of Mandatory Palestine and the beginning of the State of Israel.
Winner of the National Jewish Book Award
"[An] ingenious work that circles around the rise of a state, the tragic destiny of a mother, a boy’s creation of a new self."—The New Yorker
A family saga and a magical self-portrait of a writer who witnessed the birth of a nation and lived through its turbulent history. A Tale of Love and Darkness is the story of a boy who grows up in war-torn Jerusalem, in a small apartment crowded with books in twelve languages and relatives speaking nearly as many. The story of an adolescent whose life has been changed forever by his mother’s suicide. The story of a man who leaves the constraints of his family and community to join a kibbutz, change his name, marry, have children. The story of a writer who becomes an active participant in the political life of his nation.
"One of the most enchanting and deeply satisfying books that I have read in many years."—New Republic
Winner of the National Jewish Book Award
"[An] ingenious work that circles around the rise of a state, the tragic destiny of a mother, a boy’s creation of a new self."—The New Yorker
A family saga and a magical self-portrait of a writer who witnessed the birth of a nation and lived through its turbulent history. A Tale of Love and Darkness is the story of a boy who grows up in war-torn Jerusalem, in a small apartment crowded with books in twelve languages and relatives speaking nearly as many. The story of an adolescent whose life has been changed forever by his mother’s suicide. The story of a man who leaves the constraints of his family and community to join a kibbutz, change his name, marry, have children. The story of a writer who becomes an active participant in the political life of his nation.
"One of the most enchanting and deeply satisfying books that I have read in many years."—New Republic
AUTHORS, ISRAELIAUTHORS_BIOGRAPHY
RELEASED2005
PUBLISHERHarperVia
LENGTH560
LANGUAGEEN
Amos Oz (hebreo, עָמוֹס עוֹז; Jerusalén, 4 de mayo de 1939), nacido Amos Klausner, es un escritor, novelista y periodista israelí, considerado como uno de los más importantes escritores contemporáneos en hebreo. Premio Israel de Literatura (1988); Premio Goethe de Literatura (2005) por su libro autobiográfico *Una historia de amor y oscuridad*; y candidato varios años consecutivos al Premio Nobel de Literatura. Fue uno de los fundadores del movimiento pacifista israelí *Shalom Ajshav*. Es profesor de Literatura en la Universidad Ben-Gurión de Beer Sheba, en el Néguev y miembro de la Academia Europea de Ciencias y Artes. En 2007 recibió el Premio Príncipe de Asturias de las Letras. **Fuente**: <a href="http://es.wikipedia.org/wiki/Amos_Oz">Wikipedia</a>
