The Reader draws on Oz's entire body of work, loosely grouped into four themes: the kibbutz, the city of Jerusalem, the idea of a promised land, and his own life story. Included are excerpts from his celebrated novels, among them Where the Jackals Howl, A Perfect Peace, My Michael, Fima, Black Box, and To Know a Woman. Nonfiction is represented by selections from Under This Blazing Light, The Slopes of Lebanon, In the Land of Israel, and Oz's masterpiece, A Tale of Love and Darkness. Robert Alter, a noted Hebrew scholar and translator, has provided an illuminating introduction.

Binding Type: Paperback
Publisher: Mariner Books
Published: 04/14/2009
ISBN: 9780156035668
Pages: 392
Weight: 0.80lbs
Size: 7.90h x 5.20w x 1.00d

Review Citations: Kirkus Reviews 02/15/2009
Library Journal 03/15/2009 pg. 106
Booklist 04/01/2009 pg. 14
New York Times Book Review 05/24/2009 pg. 9