"In a world full of hype, noise, and confusion, the simple lucidity of The Same Sea is totally unexpected." -- New York Times Book Review
The Same Sea is Amos Oz's most adventurous and inventive book, a novel of lyrical beauty and narrative power. We meet the middle-aged Albert; his wife, whom he has lost to cancer; his prodigal son, who wanders the mountains of Tibet hoping to find himself; and his son's young girlfriend, with whom Albert becomes infatuated. The author himself receives phone calls from his creations, criticizing him for his portraits of them. A fever dream of chaos and order, love and eroticism, loyalty and betrayal.
"A prose poem . . . at once melancholic and sensual." -- The New Yorker
"In a world full of hype, noise, and confusion, the simple lucidity of The Same Sea is totally unexpected." -- New York Times Book Review
The Same Sea is Amos Oz's most adventurous and inventive book, a novel of lyrical beauty and narrative power. We meet the middle-aged Albert; his wife, whom he has lost to cancer; his prodigal son, who wanders the mountains of Tibet hoping to find himself; and his son's young girlfriend, with whom Albert becomes infatuated. The author himself receives phone calls from his creations, criticizing him for his portraits of them. A fever dream of chaos and order, love and eroticism, loyalty and betrayal.
"A prose poem . . . at once melancholic and sensual." -- The New Yorker
AMOS OZ (1939-2018) was born in Jerusalem. He was the recipient of the Prix Femina, the Frankfurt Peace Prize, the Goethe Prize, the Primo Levi Prize, and the National Jewish Book Award, among other international honors. His work, including A Tale of Love and Darkness and In the Land of Israel, has been translated into forty-four languages.
Never has the author's writing been more controlled and polished. .
. .
An eloquent and thoughtful exposition of human nature, the power of
words and the stories they tell."--The Times Literary Supplement
(London) A strange and beautiful book; strange because it's hard to
classify, beautiful because it is touching and honest. A book that
we wish would never end."
--L'Espresso (Italy)
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This latest novel by renowned Israeli author Oz (Don't Call It Night)resonates powerfully with the themes of loss and memory. In a small town by the sea, Albert Danon, a retiring accountant, has lost his wife to cancer. Their son, Enrico, is on a pilgrimage in the mountains of Tibet while his girlfriend, Dita, stays behind, moving in with Albert and setting off a series of meditations on love and desire. There is no plot in the traditional sense; instead, the novel weaves together a set of the characters' inner monologs that take on depth and texture as they intermingle. Oz has a gift for uncovering layers of meaning in the routines of daily life, and the narrative is enriched by allusions to Ecclesiastes and the Song of Songs as well as to modern Hebrew literature. The novel uncovers the hidden strands that hold families and lovers together and will doubtless be regarded as a defining work from a writer of major significance. Recommended for all collections.Philip Santo, Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York Copyright 2001 Cahners Business Information.
Celebrated Israeli novelist Oz gets daring here, blending prose and poetry in an exploration of the tensions among a wayward son, his widowed father, and the son's girlfriend. The characters even scold the author for his shortcomings. Copyright 2001 Cahners Business Information.
Never has the author's writing been more controlled and
polished. . . .
An eloquent and thoughtful exposition of human nature, the power of
words and the stories they tell."--The Times Literary
Supplement (London) A strange and beautiful book; strange
because it's hard to classify, beautiful because it is touching and
honest. A book that we wish would never end."
--L'Espresso (Italy)
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