Au début de la fondation du kibboutz, nous formions une grande famille. Bien sur, tout n'était pas rose, mais nous étions soudés. Le soir, on entonnait des mélodies entraînantes et des chansons nostalgiques jusque tard dans la nuit. On dormait dans des tentes et l'on entendait ceux qui parlaient pendant leur sommeil.» Ben Gourion est Premier ministre, et la société israélienne n'est déja plus la meme que du temps des fondateurs. A Yikhat comme ailleurs, on se débat avec les chagrins d'amour et les désirs irréalisables, mais dans un kibboutz, on n'est jamais seul... En huit nouvelles tragi-comiques qui se lisent comme un roman, Amos Oz scrute les passions et les faiblesses de l'etre humain. Il fait surgir un monde englouti et nous offre un grand livre sur les idéaux et la solitude.
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Jews and words
- 248pages
- 9 heures de lecture
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.
The Israeli master's exceptional final novel SHORTLISTED FOR THE MAN BOOKER INTERNATIONAL PRIZE 2017 Shmuel - a young, idealistic student - has abandoned his studies in Jerusalem, taking a live-in job as a companion to a cantankerous old man. But Shmuel quickly becomes obsessed with the taciturn Atalia, a woman of enchanting beauty, who also lives in the house. As the household's tangled, tragic past becomes apparent, so too does story behind the birth of the state of Israel. Journeying back into the deep past, Judas is a love story like no other by a master storyteller at the height of his powers. 'A hero of mine, a moral as well as literary giant' Simon Schama 'One of his boldest works of all' Boyd Tonkin, Financial Times 'Amos Oz...brought so much beauty, so much love, and a vision of peace to our lives. Please hold him in your hearts and read his books' Natalie Portman Judas is the first novel selected for the Amos Oz reading circle established by Natalie Portman.
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