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Between Friends (2012)

by Amos Oz(Favorite Author)

4.04 of 5 Votes: 2

ISBN

0701187964 (ISBN13: 9780701187965)

languge

English

genre

Fiction

publisher

Chatto & Windus

review 1: As someone else said in their review, this is an elegant little book. It is a series of stories with many of the same characters shared throughout. It is not fraught with emotion and drama but tells simple stories about lives in flux. Although there is sadness and death and frustration Oz describes it calmly and the characters accept their lives and their stories with resignation. Unfortunately, there is not much happiness described--and the happiness is fleeting. But, the stories feel real and feel true. I will think about them for a long time to come.
review 2: These interlocking stories about some of the distinct characters who lived in a 1950s fictional Israeli kibbutz help bring out the nuances of each of the individuals and helped me understand the ... morenature of life in the distinct society of a kibbutz. I really liked how Amos Oz brought out the humanity of each of the people in his stories in a very gentle way, while bringing out big questions that go far beyond the borders of this fictional kibbutz. less

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