Israeli novelist, Nobel Prize contender, professor of literary criticism and member of the French Legion of Honor, Amos Oz is the author of the most prestigious publishing rankings. The novel Judas was shortlisted for the International Booker Prize. The most famous novel by Amos Oz today, «Judas», tells the story of the events that took place in Jerusalem in the winter of 1959/1960. The eternal student Shmuel Ash, a good-natured and romantic guy, does not know what he wants from life. One day, on a notice board, he sees a cryptic ad for a dusty job for a humanities student. Intrigued, Shmuel goes to the old Jerusalem district, where the intellectual Gershom Wald lives in a dilapidated and ancient house and he needs a person with whom to conduct conversations and disputes. In return, Shmuel is offered shelter, a table and a modest allowance. This house is also inhabited by Atalia, a mysterious beauty who amazes with her icy detachment. The old man Valda and Atalia are clearly connected by some kind of mystery, a past in which there are enough secrets … Oz’s works have been published in 38 languages. His novel «My Michael» (1968) is included in the list of the 100 best novels of the 20th century by the International Publishers Association. In 1997, French President Jacques Chirac awarded Oz with the Legion of Honor. Since 1991 — a full member of the Hebrew Language Academy. Laureate of the Bialik Prize, Israel Prize for Literature, Goethe Prize, Kafka Prize. Honorary Doctor of the University of Antwerp. In 2009, Oz was considered the main contender for the Nobel Prize in Literature. The publication of his books is always an event, and the most respectable magazines in the world are fighting for the right to consider Oz as their columnist. Press about the book: Amos Oz is a writer of titanic proportions. The Guardian A great novel of great ideas. New York Review of Books Magnetizing Book. Amos Oz inoculates with humanism that in which there is no humanism — politics, nationalism. The New York Times Book Review Perhaps the only living writer who can be unconditionally called a genius. The guardian
© 2014, Amos Oz © A. Bondarenko, artwork, layout, 2017 © Translation, published in Russian. LLC «Publishing House Phantom Press», 2017 Recorded by the Production Center «Vimbo» © & ℗ LLC «Vimbo», 2018 Producers: Vadim Bukh, Mikhail Litvakov
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