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Publication
New York : Harcourt, c2001.
Description
The Same Sea is Amos Oz's most adventurous and inventive book, a novel of lyrical beauty and narrative power and the book by which he would like to be remembered. We meet the middle-aged Albert; his wife, whom he has lost to cancer; his prodigal son, who wanders the mountains of Tibet hoping to find himself; and his son's enticing young girlfriend, with whom Albert becomes infatuated and who in turn sleeps with her boyfriend's close friend. In this human profusion is a fever dream of chaos and order, love and eroticism, loyalty and betrayal, and ultimately an extraordinary energy.
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LibraryThing member SqueakyChu
Here's a poignant story of one family, each member or acquaintance trying as hard as possible to establish control of his life. That's not always as easy to achieve as it seems. The novel describes, in both in prose and poetry, how several people try to achieve that end. The novel slips so easily
THE SAME SEA is not hard to read. However, because of the style in which it is written, it would lend itself to being read more than once. For sure, it deserves to be read at least a first time!
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from prose into poetry and vice versa, that even readers who are not particularly interested in poetry may not mind this writing technique. Although it's a melancholy story, it's also an intriguing look at how several people relate to one another and how their goals at some times in their lives tend to either attract or repel others close to them. At one point, the author himself shows up as a character! That is really an interesting occurrence and a situation not often encountered in most novels. THE SAME SEA is not hard to read. However, because of the style in which it is written, it would lend itself to being read more than once. For sure, it deserves to be read at least a first time!
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LibraryThing member Polaris-
Amos returned to form with this one. Brilliantly rotating the narrative from one inter-connected protagonist to another, he brings these characters to life with an intensity. Tel-Avivis made real with depth.
LibraryThing member LynnB
This is a story about being left behind: the characters have all lost someone and are making their way through life as best they can. The writing style is poetic and sparse, yet very vivid portraits of the characters emerge. The story provides extraordinary glimpses into ordinary lives.
LibraryThing member ivanfranko
The complex soul-lives of everyday inter-related family and friends is laid out with love and clarity by Amos Oz.
LibraryThing member Kristelh
I read this, it is a quick read, but I cannot say that I enjoyed it. It is a story and it is poetic. A story of an old man, his son, his son's girlfriend. I read somewhere that this is the book that the author would like to be remembered by. It is at heart a story humans searching, but it is also a
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bit too erotic for me. Show Less
Language
Original language
Hebrew
Original publication date
1999
Physical description
201 p.; 22 cm
ISBN
0151005729 / 9780151005727
Local notes
Donated by Bill Arnold Dec 2019