Under This Blazing Light (canto Original Series)
by Amos Oz /
1996 / English / EPUB
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"Perhaps most of the essays in this book are substitutes for
stories that I have not managed to write," says Amos Oz in the
preface to Under This Blazing Light. Published for the first time
in English, this collection of essays reveals the personal and
political thoughts of Israel's most celebrated novelist. The essays
in this volume put a unique perspective on the author's own
experiences and development, and reveal a complex and deeply human
figure of practical political influence as well as of significant
literary stature. Oz's refreshing blend of skepticism and idealism
will win for him new readers, while delighting those who will
recognize here the qualities evident in his other writings.
Relevant in light of recent developments in the Middle East, the
topics covered include an examination of the Israeli-Palestinian
conflict as a dispute between "Right and Right"; a look at the
meaning of socialism in the Israeli context; reflections on the
concept of "Homeland" and on the nature of the Kibbutz; and
reflections on the character of Zionism. The essays also include
portraits of several Jewish writers and thinkers whose ideas and
themes in one way or another have proved influential or
determinative for Amos Oz himself. Amos Oz is widely considered to
be Israel's most famous living writer. His fifteen books include My
Michael, Touch the Water, Touch the Wind, In the Land of Israel,
Black Box, To Know a Woman, and Fima. His work has been translated
into twenty-nine languages, and he has received several major
literary awards. He is currently a Professor of Modern Hebrew
Literature at Ben-Gurion University.
"Perhaps most of the essays in this book are substitutes for
stories that I have not managed to write," says Amos Oz in the
preface to Under This Blazing Light. Published for the first time
in English, this collection of essays reveals the personal and
political thoughts of Israel's most celebrated novelist. The essays
in this volume put a unique perspective on the author's own
experiences and development, and reveal a complex and deeply human
figure of practical political influence as well as of significant
literary stature. Oz's refreshing blend of skepticism and idealism
will win for him new readers, while delighting those who will
recognize here the qualities evident in his other writings.
Relevant in light of recent developments in the Middle East, the
topics covered include an examination of the Israeli-Palestinian
conflict as a dispute between "Right and Right"; a look at the
meaning of socialism in the Israeli context; reflections on the
concept of "Homeland" and on the nature of the Kibbutz; and
reflections on the character of Zionism. The essays also include
portraits of several Jewish writers and thinkers whose ideas and
themes in one way or another have proved influential or
determinative for Amos Oz himself. Amos Oz is widely considered to
be Israel's most famous living writer. His fifteen books include My
Michael, Touch the Water, Touch the Wind, In the Land of Israel,
Black Box, To Know a Woman, and Fima. His work has been translated
into twenty-nine languages, and he has received several major
literary awards. He is currently a Professor of Modern Hebrew
Literature at Ben-Gurion University.
