A Tale of Love and Darkness
Amos Oz
This powerful memoir is a family saga and self-portrait of a writer who grew up in war-torn Jerusalem. Tragic, comic, and honest, it tells the story of a boy surrounded by books and relatives speaking twelve languages, but whose life is forever changed by his mother's suicide. As an adolescent, he leaves his family and joins a kibbutz, changing his name and becoming an active member of his nation's political life.
Publish Date
2005-11-01T00:00:00.000Z
2005-11-01T00:00:00.000Z
first published in 2002
Goodreads Rating
4.23
ISBN
9780156032520
Categories
Recommendations
2
Recommendations
2008-02-20T00:00:00.000Z
https://www.oprah.com/omagazine/natalie-portmans-bookshelf/all2020-11-30T18:49:17.000Z
My five favourite Jerusalem books: the Diaries of Wasif Jawhariyyeh, Jewish Wars by Josephus, Tale of Love & Darkness by Amos Oz, Yoram Ottolenghi’s Jerusalem and what else? The Bible of course. The superlative Jerusalem book. – source