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Amos Oz

עמוס עוז

Born 1939 · Israel

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Books on prize lists

  • In English

    International Booker 2017 · Shortlist

    Judas

    הבשורה על פי יהודה · Ha-besora al pi Yehuda

    Amos Oz · 75 when first published

    Novel · 308 pages · Love, Politics

    Translated by Nicholas de Lange

    AI-generated summary:In the winter of 1959, a young student whose life has fallen apart takes a job as companion to a sharp-tongued disabled old man in an ancient stone house in Jerusalem, where he meets an alluring older woman.