Winner of the National Jewish Book AwardInternational Bestseller [An] ingenious work that circles around the rise of a state, the tragic destiny of a mother, a boy’s creation of a new self. —
The New YorkerA family saga and a magical self-portrait of a writer who witnessed the birth of a nation and lived through its turbulent history.
A Tale of Love and Darknessis the story of a boy who grows up in war-torn Jerusalem, in a small apartment crowded with books in twelve languages and relatives speaking nearly as many. The story of an adolescent whose life has been changed forever by his mother’s suicide. The story of a man who leaves the constraints of his family and community to join a kibbutz, change his name, marry, have children. The story of a writer who becomes an active participant in the political life of his nation.
One of the most enchanting and deeply satisfying books that I have read in many years. —New RepublicA Tale of Love and Darknessis the family saga of a boy who grows up in war-torn Jerusalem.
PRAISE FOR AMOS OZ
A commanding artist who ranks with the most important writers of our time. -Cynthia Ozick
PRAISE FOR THE SAME SEA
Impressive and moving . . . Oz tells the story of ordinary people in an extraordinary manner . . . Literature that is both spiritually moving and secularly provocative. -Los Angeles Times Book Review
I WAS BORN and bred in a tiny, low-ceilinged ground-floor apartment. My parents slept on a sofa bed that filled their room almost from wall to wall when it was opened up each evening. Early every morning they used to shut away this bed deep into itself, hide the bedclothes in the chest underneath, turn the mattress over, press it all tight shut, and conceal the whole under a light gray cover, then scatter a few embroidered oriental cushions on top, so that all evidence of their night's sleep lƒÁ
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