Description
Author: Amos Oz
Translator: Nicholas de Lange
Publisher: Harcourt, Inc.
Imprint: A Harvest Book
Place of Publication: Orlando, Austin, New York, San Diego, Toronto, London
Edition: First Harvest Edition
Date of Publication: 2005
Format: Paperback
Condition: Near Fine. Clean, bright copy with no markings observed. Binding tight, covers crisp with light shelf wear only.
ISBN: 9780156032520
Description: A Tale of Love and Darkness is Amos Oz’s masterful memoir of family, language, grief, and the birth of Israel, blending intimate personal history with national storytelling. Growing up in Jerusalem in the 1940s and 1950s, Oz recounts a childhood shaped by books, exile, and tragedy, including the profound loss of his mother at a young age. Deeply humane, lyrical, and intellectually rich, this work stands as both a coming-of-age story and a meditation on memory, identity, and belonging. Widely regarded as one of Oz’s most important works, it is essential reading for lovers of literary memoir and modern history.