Status
Available
Genres
Collections
Publication
Suhrkamp Verlag (2001), Edition: 1, 448 pages
Description
The Kibbutz of Metsudat Ram lies in the valley of Jordan, close to the border. Old and young, happy and discontented, the settlers go about their lives as the artillery rumbles in the distance and the war planes shriek overhead. Among them are Reuven, the school teacher whose true calling is poetry, his teenaged daughter, the capricious Noga, and Ezra, the Kibbutz's truck-driver. As the seasons pass, so too do storms of love and passion, conflict and misunderstanding, gossip and scandal - all threatening to tear apart a community held together by necessity and idealism.
User reviews
LibraryThing member suesbooks
I very much liked the style and format of this book, especially since it was one of Oz's first. I found some of it difficult and will have to spend time thinking about what the metaphors were. The details of kibbutz life were very enlightening.
LibraryThing member whitewavedarling
Oz's writing always manages to suck me in, and this book was no different. The way he made 'gossip' and the larger identity of the kibbutz community characters in and of themselves was fascinating, right from the beginning. As the book went on, I did find it more difficult to stay engaged with the
I'd absolutely recommend it, though for readers new to Oz's writing, I'd probably suggest they start with some of his other novels rather than this one.
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characters, compared to Oz's other works--something about the larger focus here took away some of the intimacy I normally so love in his novels. But as a departure from that, this was a fantastic story to delve into, and written masterfully.I'd absolutely recommend it, though for readers new to Oz's writing, I'd probably suggest they start with some of his other novels rather than this one.
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Language
Original publication date
1966
ISBN
3518412310 / 9783518412312