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001 2013026091
003 DLC
005 20140701081616.0
008 130719s2013 mau 000 1 eng
010 $a 2013026091
020 $a9780547985589 (hardback)
041 1 $aeng$hheb
040 $aDLC$beng$cDLC$erda$dDLC
042 $apcc
050 00 $aPJ5054.O9$bB4613 2013
082 00 $a892.4/36$223
084 $aFIC046000$aFIC029000$2bisacsh
100 1 $aOz, Amos,$eauthor.
240 10 $aBen ḥaverim.$lEnglish
245 10 $aBetween friends /$cAmos Oz ; translated from the Hebrew by Sondra Silverston.
250 $aFirst U.S. Edition.
264 1 $aBoston :$bHoughton Mifflin Harcourt,$c2013.
300 $a179 pages ;$c23 cm
336 $atext$2rdacontent
337 $aunmediated$2rdamedia
338 $avolume$2rdacarrier
500 $aFirst published in Hebrew as Be-en ḥaverim.
520 $a"Oz lifts the veil on kibbutz existence without palaver. His pinpoint descriptions are pared to perfection. His people twitch with life." -- Scotsman In Between Friends, Amos Oz returns to the kibbutz of the late 1950s, the time and place where his writing began. These eight interconnected stories, set in the fictitious Kibbutz Yekhat, draw masterly profiles of idealistic men and women enduring personal hardships in the shadow of one of the greatest collective dreams of the twentieth century. A devoted father who fails to challenge his daughter's lover, an old friend, a man his own age; an elderly gardener who carries on his shoulders the sorrows of the world; a woman writing poignant letters to her husband's mistress--amid this motley group of people, a man named Martin attempts to teach everyone Esperanto. Each of these stories is a luminous human and literary study; together they offer an eloquent portrait of an idea and of a charged and fascinating epoch. Amos Oz at home. And at his best. Translated from the Hebrew by Sondra Silverston "--$cProvided by publisher.
505 8 $aMachine generated contents note: The King of Norway -- Two Women -- Between Friends -- Father -- Little Boy -- At Night -- Deir Ajloun-- Esperanto.
650 0 $aShort stories, Hebrew$vTranslations into English.
650 7 $aFICTION / Jewish.$2bisacsh
650 7 $aFICTION / Short Stories (single author).$2bisacsh
700 1 $aSilverston, Sondra,$etranslator.