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My Michael
Amos Oz
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Description for My Michael
Paperback. It's 1950s Jerusalem. Hannah Gonen has just married and is thrilled and pained by her young well-meaning husband, Michael. Haunted by her dreams of two boys who disappeared from Jerusalem after the establishment of the state of Israel, Hannah gradually withdraws from her husband into a private world of fantasy and suppressed desires. Num Pages: 240 pages. BIC Classification: FA. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 197 x 131 x 16. Weight in Grams: 178.
One of Amos Oz's earliest and most famous novels, My Michael was a sensation upon its initial publication in 1968 and it has an enduring power to surprise and mesmerize.
‘His characters…ride the river of history’ New Yorker
'A beautiful work of great depth and lingers in the mind as a lyric song to his country's people as much as a moving love story' Arthur Miller
1950s Jerusalem.
Hannah Gonen has just married and is thrilled and pained by her young well-meaning husband, Michael. Haunted by her dreams of two boys who disappeared from ... Read more
Product Details
Publisher
Vintage Publishing United Kingdom
Number of pages
240
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2011
Condition
New
Number of Pages
240
Place of Publication
London, United Kingdom
ISBN
9780099529057
SKU
V9780099529057
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About Amos Oz
Born in Jerusalem in 1939, Amos Oz is the internationally acclaimed author of many novels and essay collections, translated into over 30 languages, including recently his brilliant semi-autobiographical work, A Tale of Love and Darkness. He has received several international awards, including the Prix Femina, the Israel Prize, the Goethe Prize,the Frankfurt Peace Prize and the 2013 Franz Kafka Prize. ... Read more
Reviews for My Michael
He has that mixture of lyrical intensity, utter seriousness and capacity for describing life in a few words which characterises some of the best Russian classical authors
Melvyn Bragg
There is no novelist writing today who catches the feeling of the moment more surely than Amos Oz
Scotsman
Amos Oz is one of the finest novelists ... Read more
Melvyn Bragg
There is no novelist writing today who catches the feeling of the moment more surely than Amos Oz
Scotsman
Amos Oz is one of the finest novelists ... Read more