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About Amos Oz
See more books from this AuthorNaturally, the ending isn’t quite happy—we would not be in the land of Oz otherwise—but it is perfectly consonant with the story leading to it. Lovely, though with a doleful view of the possibilities of peace, love, and understanding, whether among nations or within households.
Read Full Review of Judas | See more reviews from KirkusThrough the story of one young man at a crossroads, Oz presents thought-provoking ideas about traitors, a moving lament for the cost of Israeli-Arab conflict, and a heartfelt call for compassion.
Read Full Review of Judas | See more reviews from Publishers WeeklyOz pitches the book’s heartbreak and humanism perfectly from first page to last, as befits a writer who understands how vital a political role a novelist can play.
Read Full Review of Judas | See more reviews from NY TimesOz’s handsome prose commands readers’ attention even if Shmuel’s personal growth does not. For Oz’s fans and liberal Zionist fiction readers Judas is a required text whose writing is its own reward.
Read Full Review of Judas | See more reviews from NY Journal of BooksOz pitches the book’s heartbreak and humanism perfectly from first page to last, as befits a writer who understands how vital a political role a novelist can play.
Read Full Review of Judas | See more reviews from NY Times...Oz entrenches himself as a thoughtful anti-Zionist uneasily at home in Zion. It’s just one of the many contradictions that so productively fuel his new book. Unblinkingly nationalistic Israelis may well deem him a Judas. But I’ve little doubt that Oz would wear the most hated name in human history as a badge of honour.
Read Full Review of Judas | See more reviews from Globe and MailMany-layered, thought-provoking and – in its love story – delicate as a chrysalis, this is an old-fashioned novel of ideas that is strikingly and compellingly modern.
Read Full Review of Judas | See more reviews from GuardianIn other words, Judas is a novel – the first from Amos Oz in more than 10 years, and a very absorbing addition to his remarkable oeuvre – that begins with endings.
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