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A Tale of Love and Darkness
A Tale of Love and Darkness | Amos Oz
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The award-winning author recounts his boyhood in war-torn Jerusalem of the 1940s and 1950s, his mother's tragic suicide when he was twelve, his decision to join a kibbutz and change his name, and his participation in Israel's political upheavals.
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Graywacke
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#Alphabetgame #LetterT @Alwaysbeenaloverofbooks

Amos Oz gives us a life and a story of Israel, in fascinating and tragic ways.

Other T‘s:

The Tempest-Shakespeare
Their Eyes Were Watching God-Zora Neale Hurston
A Train in Winter-Caroline Moorehead
The Trophies of Time: English Antiquarians of the Seventeenth Century-Graham Parry (if this title interests, this book is everything that title promises. It‘s terrific.)

SqueakyChu I loved this book!! However, I have been reading and enjoying books by Amos Oz since I lived in Israel in the 1970s. He‘s one of my favorite authors. 2y
Graywacke @SqueakyChu i love Oz. I‘m hoping to slowly work through his books. I‘ve read… 🤔… I think only 4 so far. 2y
Alwaysbeenaloverofbooks Thank you for playing 📚 2y
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Reyzl
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Undoubtedly one of my favourite books and authors. “A Tale of Love and Darkness” is the story of a country through the life of the author, Amos Oz. The imagery and the personal stories, together with the narration of the historical events and the appearance of remarkable writers in the story make of this book a unique literary jewel.

BarbaraBB Beautiful picture 😍 3y
Reyzl Thank you #BarbaraBB! 3y
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Daisey
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This was a wonderful memoir that was a perfect choice for an Israeli book. It described times in history with which I was not familiar and provided a strong sense of place. It was very much a story of family and how our families impact the rest of our lives.

#1001books #Israel #FoodAndLit #ReadingAsia2021
#ReadTheWorld #ReadingTheWorld #translated

BarbaraBB Wonderful book 🤍 4y
Daisey @BarbaraBB Agreed! It‘s not something I would normally choose, but it turned out to be one of those on the 1001 list I‘m so glad to have read. 4y
BarbaraBB Yes, I felt similar. 4y
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Daisey
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After several hours of War & Peace, I changed up my listening for supper. I‘m thoroughly enjoying this memoir as my book choice for Israel. Tonight I made Israeli chopped salad to go along with grilled chicken shawarma. I had originally planned to make pitas as well but decided against that much effort today. It was delicious and perfect for an outdoor spring meal!

#FoodAndLit #Israel #translated #audiobook #Hoopla #ReadAndEat #1001books #memoir

Daisey I‘m also right at about 9 hours for #DeweysReadathon #readathon #DeweyApril 4y
Texreader That looks so delicious!! 4y
Daisey @Texreader It was so good! I also have enough for a few more salads this coming week. 4y
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Daisey
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I had a wonderful walk this afternoon listening to this book and finding a few morels. I wasn‘t really sure I wanted to start another audiobook over 20 hours, but I was pleasantly surprised by how much I listened to already this afternoon. I found it interesting and especially enjoyed all the talk of books.

#audiowalk #audiobook #FoodAndLit #Israel #ReadTheWorld #ReadingTheWorld #1001books #memoir #nonfiction #translated

SamAnne I love mushroom hunting. 4y
Kenyazero This is a beautiful photo. Sounds like a lovely walk! 4y
Butterfinger I really enjoyed this book. 4y
Daisey @SamAnne Same! It made my day today. @Kenyazero Thank you! 4y
mabell Yum!! I hope we‘ll be gifted some from mushroom hunting friends! I have my cracker crumbs and eggs ready just in case 😄 4y
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CoffeeNBooks
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I love literary references in books!

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CoffeeNBooks
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Sunday morning #coffeeandabook.

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CoffeeNBooks
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TheKidUpstairs Sounds like a heavy read! I hope it's a good one for you! 4y
Ladygodiva7 It‘s also a #1001Books -to-read-before-you-die 4y
MySharonaK I love it, and even the film is good! Hope you find it interesting too 🌷 4y
BarbaraBB I loved it! 4y
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Anna40
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I loved this book and I wish I could sit down with a group of friends and talk about it, revisit/share paragraphs that made me laugh and that made me sad. An insightful, intimate autobiography/family history. Certainly not a book you can rush through.

Simona Amos Oz is one my list of favorite authors❣️ 5y
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Anna40
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A tale of Kindness and Love for Books and their Owners: I left this book on my car, then drove off, forgot that it was on the trunk. Later I looked everywhere but couldn't find it. At 7pm someone rang the doorbell. An elderly gentleman handed me my Amos Oz copy and told me, he had found it on the interstate. My bookmark was a post card that had our address on it which is how he knew where the owner of the book lives. :)

Nebklvr Lovely man!!! Betting he is a reader 5y
MrsMalaprop What a great story 😍🙏. 5y
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Butterfinger
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Oh my, what a beautiful memoir. Oz's childhood was surrounded by memories of Jews, who escaped WWII, and their memories of those who didn't. He was raised by scholastic, erudite parents who wanted their son to be Someone. Oz and his father survive the birth of a new nation only to mourn and crawl out of the ashes that came after his beloved mother's death. So sweet and haunting. Oz clearly wrote to purge himself of bitterness and hate. 5 stars

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Butterfinger

There were no pictures, plants, or ornaments. Only books, more books, and silence filled the room, and a wonderful rich smell of leather bindings, yellowing paper, mold, a strange scent of seaweed and old glue, of wisdom, secrets, and dust.

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MySharonaK
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7 days 7 covers - day 6

BarbaraBB Beautiful edition! 5y
MySharonaK @BarbaraBB absolutely! 💙 5y
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BarbaraBB
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“The whole of reality was just a vain attempt to imitate the world of words.”

RIP, Amos Oz 💔

Graywacke 😥 6y
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historybuff88
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It's taken me nearly a year to get through it. Not because it wasn't good but because just as Amos Oz takes you on a journey through his young life I wanted and needed it to be a journey for me too. It touched my soul, and put words to parts of me I didn't know even had an explanation. Beautiful and sad. I don't know if now that it has ended I will be able to read another book right away . Just as reading it took time so will moving on.

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historybuff88
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A book that speaks to my very soul :)

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tricours
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I am definitely reading more books by this author. And listening to more books narrated by Stefan Rudnicki! He was absolutely perfect.

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charl08
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Oz remembers his mother's love of reading.

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Oftencantdecide
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#GIVEAWAYTHETRUTH- My favorite memoir

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I always think of this as a memoir, but Amos Oz is adamant that it's more of a biography. He chronicles his youth in Jerusalem around the time of Israeli statehood, but he also goes back to his parents and other relations in the old country. Dips a bit into more recent history, too. I picked up this book in preparation for viewing Natalie Portman's directorial debut, and it's a favorite read of the year. Nuanced observations. #FunFridayPhoto

Simona Yes, it's beautiful and powerful book. 8y
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BooksCatsMaine
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Excited for this talk! Makes an interesting change from four days of science :D

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Oftencantdecide
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A #Memorablememoir for #Booktober ( that I recently finished anyway): Amos Oz's memoir is a beautiful story about family, love, history, grief, books, and growing up around the time of the founding of the state of Israel. #Jewlit

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This is just such a beautiful book. #Jewlit #translatedbooks

BooksTeasAndBookishThings Welcome to Litsy!!! 😊❤️🙌📚🎉 8y
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"I spent my whole childhood in Kerem Avraham in Jerusalem, but where I really lived was on the edge of the forest, by the huts, the steppes, the meadows, the snow in my mother‘s stories, and in the illustrated books that piled up on my low bedside table

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JenP

The hill was our next-door neighbor, a heavy, introverted silent neighbor, an old, sad hill with the regular habit of a bachelor, a drowsy, still wintery hill, which never scraped the furniture or entertained guests, never made a noise or disturbed us...

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"When I was little, my ambition was to grow up to be a book. Not a writer. People can be killed like ants. Writers are not hard to kill either. But not books: however systematically you try to destroy them, there is always a chance that a copy will survive." ❤️?

jpmcwisemorgan I never thought about being a book. Now I feel as if I was really looking at my future goals the wrong way. Is it too late to want to be a book? 8y
ThomasHewlett When I was little I wanted to be a tree. Does that count? 8y
GuiltyFeat Love this book and loved the opportunity to spend the day on set with Natalie Portman watching her direct her own script adaptation. 8y
JenP I'm reading this now. I also highlight this quote. I love his writing. Black Box was also excellent 8y
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