Elsewhere, Perhaps: A Novel

Synopsis

The renowned Israeli author’s debut novel. “An appealing tribute to the persistence of pathos and warmth among human beings clustered against the night.” —Kirkus ReviewsSituated only two miles from a hostile border, Amos Oz’s fictional community of Metsudat Ram is a microcosm of the Israeli frontier kibbutz. There, held together by necessity and menace, the kibbutzniks share love and sorrow under the guns of their enemies and the eyes of history.“Immensely enjoyable.” —Chicago Tribune Book World“What Elsewhere, Perhaps eventually reveals is interesting. It is decidedly not what it appears to be at first: A straight-faced slice of kibbutz life told in imitation of the traditional Yiddish narrative voice of the invisible community gossip, who, begging our pardon, knows everything and tells all. No, although the narrator appears initially to be the genial voice of tradition, it soon becomes apparent that it is kidding us. It knows perfectly well we will scoff at Reuven Harish’s verses. For the story it is about to tell is compounded of nothing but ironies . . . It adds up to a charmingly unpious tapestry of Israeli life.” —The New York Times“An exquisite thinker, Oz is a rare blast of sanity and intelligence.” —The Observer“The physical circumstances are established with a painter’s skill . . . It is a rich book, its fruit pressed down and running over.” —The Sunday Times“A generous imagination at work. [Oz’s] language, for all of its sensuous imagery, has a careful and wise simplicity.” —The New York Times Book Review

Copyright:

1985

Book Details

Book Quality:

Publisher Quality

Book Size:

321 Pages

ISBN-13:

9780547710235

Related ISBNs:

9780156284752

Publisher:

Houghton Mifflin Harcourt

Date of Addition:

12/09/23

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Language:

English

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Categories:

Literature and Fiction, Religion and Spirituality

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