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Scenes From Village Life (2011)

by Amos Oz(Favorite Author)

3.67 of 5 Votes: 5

ISBN

0547483368 (ISBN13: 9780547483368)

languge

English

genre

Fiction

publisher

Houghton Mifflin Harcourt

review 1: I found this book very bizarre. It was my first Amos oz book, and though I would still like to read a novel or two of his, I never really got into this book. I found the characters and the general overlay of the story very depressing and not realistic. Oz created this overly dramatic suspense within each character's story without every having to resolve it. I did find myself wanting to finish the book, though I'm not really sure why.
review 2: These interconnected stories were relentlessly full of unhappiness and loneliness and lives off-track. So often while reading these, I wanted to just reach out and shake the characters and tell them to move on with their lives. The bound by duty, lonely, stuck in a small town feel permeated. And yet, they also focused on ... morethe interconnectedness of the characters, all inhabitants of a small village in Israel. I found most of the stories haunting, and many of the actions rather unexplained, but strangely compelling. My favorite of the stories captured the awkwardness of a childhood crush in such a straightforward yet vulnerable way. I would definitely be interested in reading more by this author. less

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