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Lively, tentative, and undogmatic, Oz's compelling literary insights make for consistently stimulating reading while his commentary on Israel's cultural and political situation seems more relevant than ever in the light of recent developments. The essays reveal a complex and humane figure of practical political influence and lasting literary stature.

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Comenzar a contar una historia, dice Amos Oz, es como intentar conquistar en un restaurante a una persona totalmente desconocida. El inicio de un relato funciona como un contrato en el que el autor nos hace promesas que a la larga tal vez no cumplir, o cumpliri de manera inesperada. Muchas veces, de esas primeras lneas depende si se cierra el trato y el lector prosigue hasta el final, o bien abandona la lectura. En su anlisis de los fragmentos...

A Mezudat Ram, un kibbutz isolato nel Nord del paese, circondato da nemici e sormontato dall'ombra di cupe montagne, si svolge la vita di una comunità di coloni, dediti all'agricoltura e all'allevamento, allo sport, alla musica, al dibattito, ma soprattutto alla purificazione. A trent'anni dalla fondazione del kibbutz, infatti, sono essenzialmente gli ideali di miglioramento personale e collettivo che sostengono i kibbutzim e il miglioramento ...

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De Jeruzalem-trilogie bevat drie prachtige boeken van Amos Oz, die zich allemaal in de Israëlische hoofdstad afspelen. De ongelukkig getrouwde Channa probeert in Mijn Michaël te ontsnappen aan de realiteit door weg te vluchten in haar (dag)dromen. Haar zorgzame, trouwhartige echtgenoot Michaël werkt hard maar lijkt haar niet te begrijpen. Ondanks de oprechte liefde die Channa voor hem blijft voelen kan ze niet voorkomen dat ze uit elkaar groe...

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Amos Oz is the voice of sanity coming out of confusion."--Nadine Gordimer, Nobel Prize-winning author "The special nature of these two lucid, thoughtful essays lies in their compelling argumentation backed by the singular authority of the writer."--Ira Katznelson, Columbia University

A literary celebrity is in Tel Aviv on a stifling hot night to give a reading from his new book. While the obligatory inane questions are being asked and answered, his attention wanders and he begins to invent lives for the strangers he sees around him.

An unnamed author waits in a bar in Tel Aviv on a stifling hot night. He is there to give a reading of his work but as he sits, bored, he begins to conjure up the life stories of the people he meets. She declines and the author walks away, only to climb the steps to her flat, later that night.

Two novellas showing the atmosphere of hatred in which Jews must live, die, and struggle for rationality both historically and in the present. Woodcuts by Jacob Pins. A Helen and Kurt Wolff Book

The first publication in English of political and personal writings by Israel's most famous living author.

Oz has crafted an intricate tale of people constantly seeking escape from a hostile world, an escape symbolized on its highest level by the watchmaker Pomeranz, a mathematician and musician. By the power of his music, he causes the arid earth to turn into a moist womb that receives him and his wife not in death but in immortality. Translated by Nicholas de Lange. A Helen and Kurt Wolff Book

As an Israeli secret service agent, Yoel Ravid's ability to sense the truth made him invaluable. Now widowed and retired, he lives with his mother, his mother-in-law, his daughter, and the haunting memory of his wife. A New York Times Notable Book of the Year. Translated by Nicholas de Lange. A Helen and Kurt Wolff Book

Hailed by Publishers Weekly as "magnificent", this moving novel is set in Israel just before the Six-Day War, and describes life on a kibbutz, where the founders of Israel and their children struggle to come to terms with their land and with each other. "(Oz's) strangest, riskiest, and richest novel".--Washington Post Book World.