At the heart of each drama is a desire to be better, more principled and worthy of the community's respect. With his trademark compassion and sharp-eyed wit, Amos Oz leaves us with the feeling that what matters most between friends is the invisible tie of our shared humanity.
The authors roam the gamut of Jewish history to explain the integral relationship of Jews and words. Father and daughter tell the tales behind Judaism's most enduring names, adages, disputes, texts, and quips. These words, they argue, compose the chain connecting Abraham with the Jews of every subsequent generation. From the unnamed, possibly female author of the Song of Songs through obscure Talmudists to contemporary writers, they suggest that Jewish continuity, even Jewish uniqueness, depends not on central places, monuments, heroic personalities, or rituals but rather on written words and an ongoing debate between the generations.
Winner of the International Literature Prize, the new novel by Amos Oz is his first full-length work since the best-selling A Tale of Love and Darkness. Jerusalem, 1959. Shmuel Ash, a biblical scholar, is adrift in his young life when he finds work as a caregiver for a brilliant but cantankerous old man named Gershom Wald. There is, however, a third, mysterious presence in his new home. Atalia Abarbanel, the daughter of a deceased Zionist leader, a beautiful woman in her forties, entrances young Shmuel even as she keeps him at a distance. Piece by piece, the old Jerusalem stone house, haunted by tragic history and now home to the three misfits and their intricate relationship, reveals its secrets. At once an exquisite love story and coming-of-age novel, an allegory for the state of Israel and for the biblical tale from which it draws its title, Judas is Amos Oz's most powerful novel in decades.
Je voudrais que tu viennes voir mon spectacle. Regarde bien et dis-moi. Quoi ? Ce que tu as vu. Avishaï et Dovalé ont perdu contact depuis l’enfance. À présent, assis dans le bar, Avishaï ne peut plus reculer. Sur scène, les mots de Dovalé fusent avec un débit de mitraillette. Ensorceleur, cynique, provoquant... il est un funambule sur son fil. Jusqu’à ce que le masque se fende et que tout s’écroule. David Grossman est né à Jérusalem en 1954. Officier de l’ordre des Arts et des Lettres, il est l’auteur d’essais engagés et de nombreux romans abondamment primés, dont Une femme fuyant l’annonce , prix Médicis étranger. Tous sont disponibles en Points.