A Tale of Love and Darkness

Name: A Tale of Love and Darkness
Author: Amos Oz

by Amos Oz

Israeli writer recalls his Zionist youth and family trauma in twentieth-century Europe

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Amos Oz

Israeli novelist and essayist whose fiction explored the moral complexity of Zionism, the texture of Israeli family life, and the landscape of the Negev desert. My Michael and A Tale of Love and Darkness are his most celebrated works.

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