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Israel's Oz On 'Village Life' And Unhappy Endings

Amoz Oz was born in Jerusalem in 1939. He is the author of To Know a Woman, Don't Call It Night and A Tale of Love and Darkness.

October 21, 2011 Israeli writer Amos Oz rarely settles for a happy ending. His latest book, Scenes from Village Life, doesn't have one and, according to Oz, neither does the recent release of Israeli soldier Gilad Shalit.

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Growing Up with Israel: Writer Amos Oz

Detail of the cover of 'A Tale of Love and Darkness'

December 1, 2004 Amos Oz's latest is A Tale Of Love And Darkness, a memoir of growing up in Jerusalem in the turbulent 1940s and '50s, when a war-torn Israel was achieving statehood. Oz's home life was as intense as the world outside. The book follows Oz through his mother's suicide to a growing interest in politics and writing.

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