Under This Blazing Light Essays

"A writer whose reflections on his craft are sparked by so fundamental a question as 'What is literature all about?' is, by anyone's standards, intensely serious about his vocation. In the case of the distinguished Israeli author Amos Oz, that seriousness--evident over the years in his powerful novels and stories--is confirmed once again in this new collection of essays, articles, and transcriptions of talks. Elegantly translated by Nicholas de Lange, and spanning a period from 1962 to 1979, the pieces...focus repeatedly on Mr. Oz's two central themes. One is the challange of achieving compromise between Israel and the Arabs. The other is the revival of the Hebrew language and its literature.''Oz, Amos is the author of 'Under This Blazing Light Essays' with ISBN 9780521443678 and ISBN 0521443679.