Set among the upper classes in the gracious, repressive and complex world of 1920s Ceylon (Sri Lanka), this evocative novel tells the story of two people who must determine if it is possible to pursue personal happiness without compromising the happiness
This posthumous collection of writings illuminates Cocteau’s own work for the cinema with detailed discussions of his aims, responses to criticism and his reflections on the relationship between poetry, theatre and film. He also comments on the movie st
"A generous imagination at work. [Oz’s] language, for all of its sensuous imagery, has a careful and wise simplicity." — New York Times Book ReviewSituated only two miles from a hostile border, Amos Oz’s fictional community of Metsudat Ram is a micr
“Astonishing . . . galvanic and intoxicating.” —The New YorkerFima lives in Jerusalem, but feels he ought to be somewhere else. In his life he has had secret love affairs, good ideas, and written a book of poems that aroused expectations. He has tho
"Thoughtful, self-assured and highly sophisticated, full of the most skillful modulations of tone and texture. A modern Israeli Madame Bovary.”—New York Times Book ReviewSet in 1950s Jerusalem, My Michael is the story of a remote and intense woman nam
“In a world full of hype, noise, and confusion, the simple lucidity of The Same Sea is totally unexpected.” — New York Times Book ReviewThe Same Sea is Amos Oz’s most adventurous and inventive book, a novel of lyrical beauty and narrative power. W
An ingenious, witty, behind-the-scenes novel about eight hours in the life of an author.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 ("Why do you write? What is it lik
"Informed by everything, weighed down by nothing, this is an exquisite work of art"The ScotsmanStrange things are happening in Tel Ilan, a century-old pioneer village. A disgruntled retired politician complains to his daughter that he hears the sound of d
