Silence of Heaven
"A thought-provoking set of essays... Oz ... perceives Agnon as profoundly, indelibly traumatized by the historical catastrophe of East European Jewry which he foresaw. Oz points that Agnon's male heroes [are] full of guilt, saddled by sins they cannot fathom, reflect the incurable, insoluble pain suffered by Agnon's generation."--Susan Miron, The Philadelphia Inquirer "Amoz Oz has read Agnon closely and has many intelligent observations to make, extrapolating the mysteries of fiction."--David Pryce-Jones, The Spectator "[An] impassioned and closely argued tribute...Oz cherishes Agnon as a radical modernist and teases out dark subtexts, even from his most traditional looking works."--Morris Dickstein, Times Literary Supplement "Amos Oz, a fine Hebrew novelist in his own right, writes well about Agnon. The Silence of Heaven [has] grown out of years of teaching Agnon's works..."--Hillel Halkin, The New Republic
In The Silence of Heaven, the world renowned Israeli novelist Amos Oz introduces us to an extraordinary masterpiece of Hebrew literature that is just now appearing in English, S. Y. Agnon's Only Yesterday. Les mer
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Oz explores these viewpoints in a series of thick readings that consider the tensions between faith and the shock of doubt, yearnings and revulsion, love and hate, and intimacy and disgust. Although Oz himself is interested in particular ideological questions, he has the subtle sensibility of a master of fiction and can detect every technical device in Agnon's arsenal. With the verve of an excited reader, Oz dissects Agnon's texts and subtexts in a passionate argument about the major themes of Hebrew literature. This book also tells much about Oz. It represents the other side of Oz's book of reportage, In the Land of Israel, this time exploring the ideologies of Jewish identity not on the land but in texts of the modern classical heritage. The Silence of Heaven hence takes us on a remarkable journey into the minds of two major literary figures.
Detaljer
- Forlag
- Princeton University Press
- Innbinding
- Paperback
- Språk
- Engelsk
- Sider
- 304
- ISBN
- 9780691155494
- Utgivelsesår
- 2012
- Format
- 23 x 15 cm
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"A thought-provoking set of essays... Oz ... perceives Agnon as profoundly, indelibly traumatized by the historical catastrophe of East European Jewry which he foresaw. Oz points that Agnon's male heroes [are] full of guilt, saddled by sins they cannot fathom, reflect the incurable, insoluble pain suffered by Agnon's generation."--Susan Miron, The Philadelphia Inquirer "Amoz Oz has read Agnon closely and has many intelligent observations to make, extrapolating the mysteries of fiction."--David Pryce-Jones, The Spectator "[An] impassioned and closely argued tribute...Oz cherishes Agnon as a radical modernist and teases out dark subtexts, even from his most traditional looking works."--Morris Dickstein, Times Literary Supplement "Amos Oz, a fine Hebrew novelist in his own right, writes well about Agnon. The Silence of Heaven [has] grown out of years of teaching Agnon's works..."--Hillel Halkin, The New Republic