Amos Oz Reader

The <em>Reader </em>draws on Oz's entire body of work loosely grouped into four themes: the kibbutz the city of Jerusalem the idea of a promised land and his own life story. Included are excerpts from his celebrated novels among them <em>Where the Jackals Howl A Perfect Peace My Michael Fima Black Box </em>and <em>To Know a Woman. </em>Nonfiction is represented by selections from <em>Under This Blazing Light The Slopes of Lebanon In the Land of Israel </em>and Oz's masterpiece <em>A Tale of Love and Darkness. </em>Robert Alter a noted Hebrew scholar and translator has provided an illuminating introduction. <p></p>