| Rhyming Life & Death Contributor(s): Oz, Amos (Author) |
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ISBN: 0547336241 ISBN-13: 9780547336244 Publisher: Mariner Books OUR PRICE: $13.25 Product Type: Paperback - Other Formats Published: April 2010 Annotation: 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 are being asked and answered, his attention wanders and he begins to invent lives for the strangers he sees around him. |
| Additional Information |
| BISAC Categories: - Fiction | Literary - Fiction | Women - Fiction | Historical - World War Ii |
| Dewey: FIC |
| Physical Information: 0.33" H x 4.54" W x 8.68" (0.28 lbs) 128 pages |
| Descriptions, Reviews, Etc. |
| Publisher Description: In this deft, masterly book, Amos Oz turns his attention away from his family--the subject of the internationally acclaimed A Tale of Love and Darkness--and toward his profession, writing. The plot: eight hours in the life of an author. The setting: Tel Aviv, a stifling, hot night. A literary celebrity is giving a reading from his new book. And as his attention wanders, he begins to invent lives for the strangers he sees around him: here, a self-styled cultural guru, Yakir Bar-Orian Zhitomirski; there, a love-starved professional reader, Rochele Reznik; to say nothing of Ricky the waitress, the real object of his desire. One life story builds on another, and the author finds himself unexpectedly involved with his creations . . . |
Contributor Bio(s): de Lange, Nicholas: - NICHOLAS DE LANGE is a professor at the University of Cambridge and a renowned translator. He has translated Amos Oz's work since the 1960s. Oz, Amos: - "AMOS OZ (1939 - 2018) was born in Jerusalem. He was the recipient of the Prix Femina, the Frankfurt Peace Prize, the Goethe Prize, the Primo Levi Prize, and the National Jewish Book Award, among other international honors. His work has been translated into forty-four languages. " |