(Memoir, 560 pp. Hebrew, 2002; English translation, 2004)
Past and present spiral in this dense memoir of growing up in Jerusalem in the years before and after Israeli independence. Oz’s richly-colored tales of his European immigrant family trying to recreate itself in a foreign landscape allow readers to learn the inner workings of a distinguished writer and gain insight into what impelled him toward his craft.
- Discussion questions
- Review by Linda Grant, The Guardian, September 10, 2004
- Review by John Leonard, New York Times, December 12, 2004
- Review by Amy Wilentz, Los Angeles Times, November 21, 2004
- Review by David Isaacson, Daily Telegraph, September 4, 2004
- Review by Alberto Manguel, Washington Post, November 7, 2004
- Review by David Bernstein, The Age, November 6, 2004
- Amy Wilentz interviews Amos Oz, The Nation, January 6, 2005
- David Remnick profiles Amos Oz, New Yorker, November 8, 2004
- Essay by Eran Kaplan,“Amos Oz’s A Tale of Love and Darkness and the Sabra Myth,” Jewish Social Studies, Fall 2007
- Biography
- Video presentation (65 min.)
