My Michael - Hardcover

Oz, Amos; De Lange, Nicholas

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ISBN 10: 0701133759 ISBN 13: 9780701133757

Publisher: Vintage/Ebury (A Division of Random House Group), 1988

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Set in Jerusalem at the time of the Suez crisis, this is a study of a woman's retreat from an unhappy marriage into a private world of fantasy and repressed desires. Her alienation and subsequent mental breakdown are mirrored in the local scenes of disruption and violence caused by the coming war. Born in Jerusalem, Amos Oz has written many novels including "Black Box", "In the Land of Israel" and "A Perfect Peace".

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Published in hardcover by Vintage/Ebury, 1972, 0701117869

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"Thoughtful, self-assured and highly sophisticated, full of the most skillful modulations of tone and texture. A modern Israeli Madame Bovary. New York Times Book Review
Set in 1950s Jerusalem, My Michael is the story of a remote and intense woman named Hannah Gonen and her marriage to a decent but unremarkable man named Michael. As the years pass and Hannah s tempestuous fantasy life encroaches upon reality, she feels increasingly estranged from him and the marriage gradually disintegrates. Gorgeously written, profoundly moving, this extraordinary novel is at once a haunting love story, and a rich reflective portrait of a place.
"A dazzling, very beautiful, splendidly conceived and composed book." New York Review of Books

AMOS OZ was born in Jerusalem in 1939. He is the author of numerous works of fiction and nonfiction, including his acclaimed memoir A Tale of Love and Darkness, which was an international bestseller and a recipient of the National Jewish Book Award.
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