Rhyming Life and Death

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Publication Year:
2010

ISBN-13: 9780547416298

<DIV><B>Fiction and reality merge inside the mind of a famous Israeli author in this &ldquo;hilarious and profound&#160;.&#160;.&#160;.&#160;slyly philosophical novel&rdquo; (<I>Booklist</I>).</B><BR /><BR /> In this novel, Amos Oz offers a prismatic portrait of the storytelling impulse, with an extended glimpse inside the mind of a celebrated, unnamed Author.<BR /> &#160;<BR /> On a stiflingly hot night, the Author is in Tel Aviv to give a reading from his new book. As his attention wanders, he begins to invent lives for the strangers he sees around him: here, a self-styled cultural guru, Yakir Bar-Orian Zhitomirski; there, a love-starved professional reader, Rochele Reznik; to say nothing of Ricky the waitress, the real object of his desires. Reality and fiction blend in this ingenious, poignant work by the author of <I>A Tale of Love and Darkness, </I>a winner of the Koret Jewish Book Award.<BR /> &#160;<BR /> &ldquo;A fable on themes of sex, death and writing pitched somewhere between the fictional universes of JM Coetzee and Milan Kundera.&rdquo; &mdash; <I>The Guardian</I><BR /> &#160;<BR /> &ldquo;The witty and melancholy recorder of his country&rsquo;s brilliant sufficiencies.&#160;.&#160;.&#160;. Now Oz takes an equally witty, equally melancholy look at his role as a writer.&rdquo; &mdash;<I>Los Angeles Times</I><BR /> &#160;<BR /> &ldquo;From the prodigious Oz comes a delightfully elusive&#160;.&#160;.&#160;. story of imagination, talent and the transitory nature of fame.&#160;.&#160;.&#160;. Stamped with Oz&rsquo;s charm and graceful skill in creating rich characters.&rdquo; &mdash;<I>Publishers Weekly</I></DIV>