Where The Jackals Howl by Amos Oz

Where The Jackals Howl by Amos Oz

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Zusammenfassung

Where the Jackals Howl is prize-winning author Amos Oz's first collection of stories. The fate of these individuals, their drives, ambitions and idiosyncrasies, are grounded by the physical and social structure of their community as Oz portrays their world as a microcosm of the wider world.

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Where The Jackals Howl by Amos Oz

Where the Jackals Howl is prize-winning author Amos Oz's first collection of stories. On publication it received immediate critical acclaim and revealed Oz to be a master craftsman probing the emotional depths of his characters. The lives of ordinary Israelis are set against the backdrop of community life in a Kibbutz. The fate of these individuals, their drives, ambitions and idiosyncrasies, are grounded by the physical and social structure of their community as Oz portrays their world as a microcosm of the wider world.
It rarely happens that literature offers a more profound insight into politics and culture than does news reportingAmos Oz has performed this rare service * Times Literary Supplement *
Amos Oz makes the desert a place of jackals and miracles... A strong, beautiful, disturbing book * New York Times *
A born storyteller * Jewish Chronicle *
Born in Jerusalem in 1939, Amos Oz was the internationally acclaimed author of many novels and essay collections, translated into over forty languages, including his brilliant semi-autobiographical work, A Tale of Love and Darkness. His last novel, Judas, was shortlisted for the Man Booker International Prize 2017 and won the Yasnaya Polyana Foreign Fiction Award. He received several international awards, including the Prix Femina, the Israel Prize, the Goethe Prize, the Frankfurt Peace Prize and the 2013 Franz Kafka Prize. He died in December 2018.
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ISBN 13 9780099982005
ISBN 10 0099982005
Titel Where The Jackals Howl
Autor Amos Oz
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Bindungsart Paperback
Verlag Vintage Publishing
Erscheinungsjahr 1992-05-21
Seitenanzahl 352
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