A Tale of Love and Darkness
Format: paperback
ISBN:
9780099450030 (0099450038)
Publish date: 2005-08-04
Publisher: Vintage
Pages no: 528
Edition language: English
I am sure it must be exhausting to have a perfect memory of every storefront, furnishing and knick-knack you've laid eyes on since early childhood. However, if you choose to inflict all this information on me in the form of a memoir, your book is going straight back to the library. Abandoned on pa...
Amos Oz is considered one of the leading lights of Israeli literature and there's buzz he's a candidate for a Nobel Prize. This particular book, his memoir, "was nominated one of the ten most important books since the creation of the State of Israel." And at times I truly can understand why. The man...
I initially bought this book as a birthday gift for a friend, but soon after I changed my mind and didn't want to give it away anymore. It took me a month to read this book, but it was not its fault, it was mine. I am afraid of big books, but I'm proud to say that A Tale of Love and Darkness was the...
OK, the book is completed and I am having difficulty choosing between 4 or 5 stars, so I guess I will choose 4. It is best to save 5 stars for those books that you are sure must get 5! Otherwise 5 stars doesn't mean much! There is a lot to think about in this book. That is why I like the book. It se...