Judas - Brossura

Oz, Amos

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ISBN 10: 1784740519 ISBN 13: 9781784740511

Casa editrice: Random UK, 2016

Riassunto

Amos Oz's first major novel in a decade - since A Tale of Love and Darkness, which sold over 100,000 copies

Shmuel, a young, idealistic student, is drawn to a mysterious handwritten note on a campus noticeboard. This takes him to a strange house, where an elderly invalid man requires a paid companion, to argue with and read to him. But there is someone else in the house, too... A woman, who is trailed by ghosts from her past. Shmuel is captivated by her, a sexual obsession which evolves into gentle love and devotion; and he is pulled to the old man, an intellectual obsession which also evolves into gentle love and devotion. Shmuel begins to uncover the house’s tangled history and, in doing so, reaches an understanding that harks back not only to the beginning of the Jewish-Arab conflict, but also the beginning of Jerusalem itself – to Christianity, to Judaism, to Judas.

Set in the still-divided Jerusalem of 1959–60, Judas is an exquisite love story and coming-of-age tale, and a radical rethinking of the concept of treason. It is a novel steeped in desire and curiosity from one of Israel's greatest living writers.

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Recensione

"A masterpiece: command of the word, mastery of construct, the ability to stimulate all the senses of the reader." (La Reppublica)

"Judas is a rich and thrilling novel, one of the most interesting books published this year." (Haaretz)

"Amos Oz belongs to the great authors of world literature" (Suddeutsche Zeitung)

"Judas is deeply humane, touching and loving. Incredible literature" (TROUW)

"Once again, Amos Oz has given us an absolute, necessary masterpiece" (Alberto Manguel)

Descrizione del libro

Amos Oz's first major novel in a decade - since A Tale of Love and Darkness, which sold over 100,000 copies

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• Editore: Random UK
• Data di pubblicazione: 2016
• ISBN 10: 1784740519
• ISBN 13: 9781784740511
• Rilegatura: Copertina flessibile
• Numero edizione: 1
• Numero di pagine: 288