In the Land of Israel: EssaysHMH, 1993 M10 31 - 304 pages A snapshot of Israel and the West Bank in the 1980s, through the voices of its inhabitants, from the National Jewish Book Award–winning author of Judas. Notebook in hand, renowned author and onetime kibbutznik Amos Oz traveled throughout his homeland to talk with people—workers, soldiers, religious zealots, aging pioneers, desperate Arabs, visionaries—asking them questions about Israel’s past, present, and future. Observant or secular, rich or poor, native-born or new immigrant, they shared their points of view, memories, hopes, and fears, and Oz recorded them. What emerges is a distinctive portrait of a changing nation and a complex society, supplemented by Oz’s own observations and reflections, that reflects an insider’s view of a country still forming its own identity. In the Land of Israel is “an exemplary instance of a writer using his craft to come to grips with what is happening politically and to illuminate certain aspects of Israeli society that have generally been concealed by polemical formulas” (The New York Times). |
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... Peace In the Land of Israel Where the Jackals Howl and Other Stories Soumchi The Hill of Evil Counsel Unto Death Touch the Water, Touch the Wind Elsewhere, Perhaps My Michael Copyright 0 1983 by Amos Oz and Am Oved BOOKS BY AMOS OZ.
... Peace In the Land of Israel Where the Jackals Howl and Other Stories Soumchi The Hill of Evil Counsel Unto Death Touch the Water, Touch the Wind Elsewhere, Perhaps My Michael Copyright 0 1983 by Amos Oz and Am Oved BOOKS BY AMOS OZ.
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... Peace 75 The Tender Among You, and Very Delicate 85 An Argument on Life and Death (A) 101 An Argument on Life and Death (B) 125 The Dawn 155 On Light and Shade and Love 181 A Cosmic Jew 191 At the End of That Autumn: A Midwinter ...
... Peace 75 The Tender Among You, and Very Delicate 85 An Argument on Life and Death (A) 101 An Argument on Life and Death (B) 125 The Dawn 155 On Light and Shade and Love 181 A Cosmic Jew 191 At the End of That Autumn: A Midwinter ...
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... peace and relief —it's unique. Don't be afraid, they won't keep you there by force. We don't, God forbid, steal souls like BenCurion did when he took children out of the transit camps and brainwashed them and forced them to convert and ...
... peace and relief —it's unique. Don't be afraid, they won't keep you there by force. We don't, God forbid, steal souls like BenCurion did when he took children out of the transit camps and brainwashed them and forced them to convert and ...
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... Peace Now, is it? Are you a writer? Aren't you from Kibbutz Hulda? Amos Kenan? Dan Ben-Amos? Oz? Sure, we recognize you. What did you come for? To write an article on Bet Shemesh? To make propaganda for the Alignment? And then to smear ...
... Peace Now, is it? Are you a writer? Aren't you from Kibbutz Hulda? Amos Kenan? Dan Ben-Amos? Oz? Sure, we recognize you. What did you come for? To write an article on Bet Shemesh? To make propaganda for the Alignment? And then to smear ...
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... peace with Egypt. For thirty years he said that if he got into power, the country would flourish and there'd be no ... peace with Egypt, hell bring us peace with all of them. In spite of the disgraceful way you behave toward him and the ...
... peace with Egypt. For thirty years he said that if he got into power, the country would flourish and there'd be no ... peace with Egypt, hell bring us peace with all of them. In spite of the disgraceful way you behave toward him and the ...
Contents
THE FINGER OF GOD? | |
JUST A PEACE | |
THE TENDER AMONG YOU AND VERY DELICATE | |
AN ARGUMENT ON LIFE AND DEATH A | |
AN ARGUMENT ON LIFE AND DEATH B | |
THE DAWN | |
A COSMIC JEW | |
A MIDWINTER EPILOGUE | |
SOME REACTIONS TO IN THE LAND OF ISRAEL | |
A POSTSCRIPT TEN YEARS LATER | |
Back Matter | |
Back Cover | |
Spine | |
ON LIGHT AND 5HADE AND LOVE | |
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