Amos Oz: Writer, Activist, Icon (Hardcover) (ISBN-13: 9780300250176)

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: Robert Alter
ISBN-10: 0300250177
ISBN-13: 9780300250176
Publisher: Yale University Press
Language: English
Published: 09/26/2023
Pages: 200
Format: Hardcover
Weight: 0.85lbs
Size: 8.30h x 6.10w x 0.70d

Review Citation(s):
Publishers Weekly 07/24/2023
Kirkus Reviews 08/01/2023
Library Journal 08/04/2023 pg. 1