The Amos Oz Reader

The <i>Reader </i>draws on Oz's entire body of work, loosely grouped into four themes: the kibbutz, the city of Jerusalem, the idea of a &quot;promised land,&quot; and his own life story. Included are excerpts from his celebrated novels, among them <i>Where the Jackals Howl, A Perfect Peace, My Michael, Fima, Black Box, </i>and <i>To Know a Woman. </i>Nonfiction is represented by selections from <i>Under This Blazing Light, The Slopes of Lebanon, In the Land of Israel, </i>and Oz's masterpiece, <i>A Tale of Love and Darkness. </i>Robert Alter, a noted Hebrew scholar and translator, has provided an illuminating introduction.<p></p>