A Tale of Love and Darkness

Name: A Tale of Love and Darkness
ISBN: 9780156032520

Amos Oz

2004·517 pages·Nonfiction

Biography History & Politics

memoir

“"[An] ingenious work that circles around the rise of a state, the tragic destiny of a mother, a boy’s creation of a new self."”
— The New Yorker

“"One of the most enchanting and deeply satisfying books that I have read in many years."”
— New Republic

“"one of Isreal's most prolific writers and respected intellectuals"”
— The New York Times

The memoir from author Amos Oz about his turbulent upbringing in the city of Jerusalem in the era of the dissolution of Mandatory Palestine and the beginning of the State of Israel. A family saga and a magical self-portrait of a writer who witnessed the birth of a nation and lived through its turbulent history. A Tale of Love and Darkness is the story of a boy who grows up in war-torn Jerusalem, in a small apartment crowded with books in twelve languages and relatives speaking nearly as many. The story of an adolescent whose life has been changed forever by his mother’s suicide. The story of a man who leaves the constraints of his family and community to join a kibbutz, change his name, marry, have children. The story of a writer who becomes an active participant in the political life of his nation.

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