Chatto & Windus, London, 2004. First Edition. Hardcover. Good Condition/Very Good. Dark blue coloured end pages. Charcoal coloured boards with silver coloured titles to the back strip. Photographic dustwrapper (wraparound) with pale pink and pale blue coloured titles to the front panel and back strip. The autobiography of the author, growing up in Jerusalem during the 1940s and 50s. The son of two well-meaning people, but, incompatible with marriage â€“ a fussy logical father and a dreamy romantic mother â€“ who when the author was 12 1/2 committed suicide. Along the way the author unpacks hundred and 50 years of family history, the birth of Israel and survival â€“ not only of himself, but his family and of Israel. The lower right-hand edge of the front panel has been rubbed and bumped â€“ with the underlying board visible. Softening of the back strip edges with light tanning of the text block edges and pages. Rubbing of the dustwrapper edges and panels. Full number line. Size: 8vo - over 7Â¾" - 9Â¾" tall. [8], 3-265, [1]pages.. Please refer to accompanying picture (s). Quantity Available: 1. Shipped Weight: Under 1 kilo. Category: Biography & Autobiography; Israel; ISBN: 0701174218. ISBN/EAN: 9780701174217. Inventory No: 50009. . 9780701174217

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Tragic, comic, and utterly honest, this extraordinary memoir is at once a great family saga and a magical self-portrait of a writer who witnessed the birth of a nation and lived through its turbulent history. It is the story of a boy growing up in the war-torn Jerusalem of the forties and fifties, in a small apartment crowded with books in twelve languages and relatives speaking nearly as many. His mother and father, both wonderful people, were ill-suited to each other. When Oz was twelve and a half years old, his mother committed suicide, a tragedy that was to change his life. He leaves the constraints of the family and the community of dreamers, scholars, and failed businessmen and joins a kibbutz, changes his name, marries, has children, and finally becomes a writer as well as an active participant in the political life of Israel. A story of clashing cultures and lives, of suffering and perseverance, of love and darkness.

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Bookseller: Syber's Books ABN 40533682787 (AU)
Bookseller's Inventory #: 50009
Title: A Tale Of Love And Darkness
Author: Oz, Amos
Format/Binding: Hardcover
Book Condition: Used - Good Condition
Jacket Condition: Very Good
Quantity Available: 1
Edition: First Edition
ISBN 10: 0701174218
ISBN 13: 9780701174217
Publisher: Chatto & Windus
Place of Publication: London
Date Published: 2004
Keywords: BZDB2 Autobiography, Israel, family, suicide Biography & Autobiography; Israel; Unbranded ISBN: 0701174218 EAN: 9780701174217 Oz, Amos A Tale Of Love And Darkness

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