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Literary Fiction
"Thoughtful, self-assured and highly sophisticated, full of the most skillful modulations of tone and texture. A modern Israeli Madame Bovary." -- The New York Times Book Review Set in 1950s Jerusalem, My Michael is the... See More
World Literature
Winner of the National Jewish Book Award: A "gorgeous, rueful collection of eight linked stories" capturing the collective dreams of Israel in the 1950s (Chicago Tribune). These eight interconnected stories, set in the... See More
World Literature
This tale of a conflicted family living on a kibbutz in Israel just before the Six-Day War is "Oz's strangest, riskiest, and richest novel." -- The Washington Post Book World On a kibbutz, the country's founders and their... See More
"Brilliant and insistent... The prose is sharp as a cameo, simple yet compelling, smoky, precise, lustrous, eerie." -- Boston Sunday Globe Here Amos Oz captures the atmosphere of hatred in which Jews have lived, died, and... See More
Children's eBooks
"Oz conjures up a fairy story in which we may well recognize ourselves, our history and our nations... be prepared simply to be enchanted." -- The Guardian In a gray and gloomy village, all of the animals -- from dogs and... See More
Three stories of "sensuous prose and indelible imagery" that re-create the world of Jerusalem during the last days of the British Mandate (The New York Times). Refugees drawn to Jerusalem in search of safety are... See More
Politics & Social Sciences
The celebrated author and peace activist addresses the war in Lebanon and the deep political divides within Israel in these articles and essays. As well as being one of Israel's preeminent writers of fiction, Amos Oz was... See More
Literature & Fiction
The National Jewish Book Award-winning author presents an "astonishing... galvanic and intoxicating" portrait of a man -- and a generation -- adrift (The New Yorker). Efraim "Fima" Nisan lives in Jerusalem, but feels he... See More
Literature & Fiction
The Same Sea is Amos Oz's most adventurous and inventive novel, the book by which he would like to be remembered. The cast of characters ranges from a prodigal son to a widowed father who has taken in his son's enticing... See More
Politics & Social Sciences
A snapshot of Israel and the West Bank in the 1980s, through the voices of its inhabitants, from the National Jewish Book Award-winning author of Judas. Notebook in hand, renowned author and onetime kibbutznik Amos Oz... See More
Literature & Fiction
Fiction and reality merge inside the mind of a famous Israeli author in this "hilarious and profound... slyly philosophical novel" (Booklist). In this novel, Amos Oz offers a prismatic portrait of the storytelling impulse... See More
World Literature
Linked short stories set in a town in the midst of change: "One of the most powerful books you will read about present-day Israel." -- The Jewish Chronicle "'Scenes from Village Life' is like a symphony, its movements... See More
World Literature
The first book from the acclaimed, award-winning author of A Tale of Love and Darkness and the New York Times Notable Book, Scenes from Village Life. The Washington Post praised Israeli author Amos Oz as "one of our... See More
Foreign Languages
Amor y oscuridad son las dos fuerzas que recorren la conmovedora autobiografía novelada de Amos Oz, publicada por vez primera en hebreo en 2002. El autor narra su infancia y adolescencia en los años cuarenta y cincuenta... See More
Literature & Fiction
The renowned Israeli author's debut novel. "An appealing tribute to the persistence of pathos and warmth among human beings clustered against the night." -- Kirkus Reviews Situated only two miles from a hostile border, Amos... See More
Politics & Social Sciences
This collection - published here in English for the first time - brings together a number of political, personal and literary pieces by Israel's most celebrated novelist and littérateur. Topics covered include: an... See More
Children's eBooks
A tale of "dazzling brilliance... a simple story which conveys boundless meanings both modest and diverse, set in Jerusalem directly after WWII" (Historical Novel Society). When Soumchi, an eleven-year-old boy growing up in... See More
World Literature
"A delicate contemporary tale about the quiddities of love and the perpetual mysteries of human motivations" from the bestselling Israeli author of Judas (Los Angeles Times). A New York Times Notable Book of the Year At... See More
World Literature
Politics & Social Sciences
"Powerful" essays from a founder of the Peace Now movement and advocate for a two-state solution (Library Journal). The haunting poetry of [Oz's] prose and the stunning logic of his testimony make a potent mixture."... See More
Religion & Spirituality
The acclaimed author presents "three passionate lectures about the state of politics in Israel" in this "humorous, mournful, enraged, and uplifting" volume (Kirkus). A National Jewish Book Award Finalist Israeli author... See More
Literature & Fiction
From "a great and true voice of our time" (Washington Post Book World), comes this story of Proffy, a twelve-year-old living in Palestine in 1947. When Proffy befriends a member of the occupying British forces who shares his... See More
World Literature
The third novel from the international bestselling author of Judas. "A profusion of delightful passages couched in unfailingly lovely language." -- The New York Times Book Review 1939. As the Nazis advance into Poland, a... See More
History
Why are words so important to so many Jews? Novelist Amos Oz and historian Fania Oz-Salzberger roam the gamut of Jewish history to explain the integral relationship of Jews and words. Through a blend of storytelling and... See More
Literature & Fiction
Una novela llena de sensualidad, humor e inteligencia. Efraim Nomberg, Fima, tiene cincuenta y cuatro años y vive en Jerusalén. Huérfano de madre desde los diez, mantiene una complicada relación con su padre. Tras haber... See More
Literature & Fiction
The International Bestselling memoir from award-winning author Amos Oz, "one of Isreal's most prolific writers and respected intellectuals" (The New York Times), about his turbulent upbringing in the city of Jerusalem in the... See More
Historical Fiction
Politics & Social Sciences
«¿Cómo curar a un fanático? Perseguir a un puñado de fanáticos por las montañas de Afganistán es una cosa. Luchar contra el fanatismo, otra muy distinta. [... ] »La actual crisis del mundo, en Oriente Próximo, o en... See More
Literary Criticism
In The Silence of Heaven, the world renowned Israeli novelist Amos Oz introduces us to an extraordinary masterpiece of Hebrew literature that is just now appearing in English, S. Y. Agnon's Only Yesterday. For Oz, Agnon is a... See More
Literature & Fiction
As an Israeli secret service agent, Yoel Ravid's ability to sense the truth made him invaluable. Now widowed and retired, he lives with his mother, his mother-in-law, his daughter, and the haunting memory of his wife. A New... See More