{"product_id":"under-this-blazing-light-hardback-9780521443678","title":"Under this Blazing Light (Hardback) 9780521443678","description":"\u003cfont face=\"Georgia\"\u003e\r\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cfont size=\"6\"\u003eUnder this Blazing Light\u003c\/font\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\r\n\r\n\r\n\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cem\u003eThe first publication in English of political and personal writings by Israel's most famous living author.\u003c\/em\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\r\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cfont size=\"4\"\u003eAmos Oz (Author), Nicholas de Lange (Translated by)\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cfont size=\"3\"\u003e9780521443678, Cambridge University Press\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cfont size=\"3\"\u003eHardback, published 9 March 1995\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cfont size=\"3\"\u003e220 pages\u003cbr\u003e21.6 x 14 x 1.6 cm, 0.422 kg\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n\u003cp align=\"justify\"\u003e\u003cem\u003e\u003cfont size=\"3\"\u003e\"This collection of essays reveals the personal and political thoughts of Israel's novelist and give perspective to the author's own experiences and development.\"   Shofar\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/em\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\u003cp align=\"justify\"\u003e\u003cstrong\u003e\u003cfont size=\"3\"\u003eThis collection – published here in English for the first time – brings together a number of political, personal and literary pieces by Israel's most celebrated novelist and littérateur. Topics covered include: an examination of the Israeli-Palestinian conflict as a dispute between 'right and right'; reflections on the character of Zionism, on the concept of 'homeland', and on the nature of the kibbutz; the meaning of socialism in the Israeli context; and portraits of several Jewish writers and thinkers whose ideas and themes in one way or another have proved influential or determinative for Amos Oz himself. These essays, which put a unique perspective on the author's own experiences and development, reveal a complex and humane figure of practical political influence as well as of significant literary stature. They will win for Oz new readers, while delighting those who will recognise here the qualities evident in his other writings.\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cfont size=\"3\"\u003ePreface\u003cbr\u003e Introduction\u003cbr\u003e Events and books\u003cbr\u003e Under This Blazing Light\u003cbr\u003e 'Man is the sum total of all the sin and fire pent up in his bones'\u003cbr\u003e 'A ridiculous miracle hanging over our heads'\u003cbr\u003e The State as reprisal\u003cbr\u003e A modest attempt to set out a theory\u003cbr\u003e The meaning of homeland\u003cbr\u003e The discreet charm of Zionism\u003cbr\u003e A. D. Gordon today\u003cbr\u003e Thoughts on the kibbutz\u003cbr\u003e The kibbutz at the present time\u003cbr\u003e How to be a socialist\u003cbr\u003e Munia Mandel's secret language\u003cbr\u003e Pinhas Lavon\u003cbr\u003e The lost garden\u003cbr\u003e An autobiographical note\u003cbr\u003e An alien city\u003cbr\u003e Like a gangster on the night of the long knives, but somewhat in a dream\u003cbr\u003e Notes\u003cbr\u003e Publication history\u003cbr\u003e Index.\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cfont size=\"3\"\u003eSubject Areas: Judaism [\u003ca title=\"See our other books on Judaism\" href=\"https:\/\/freshlyprintedbooks.co.uk\/search?q=%22Judaism%20%5BHRJ%5D%22\"\u003eHRJ\u003c\/a\u003e]\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\r\n\u003c\/font\u003e","brand":"Cambridge University Press","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":46005241708824,"sku":"9780521443678","price":59.49,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0730\/2037\/5320\/products\/9780521443678i_548b478d-60a8-4922-a053-e67fc1ebcd5f.jpg?v=1691381947","url":"https:\/\/freshlyprintedbooks.co.uk\/products\/under-this-blazing-light-hardback-9780521443678","provider":"Freshly Printed Books","version":"1.0","type":"link"}