My Michael - Hardcover
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
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PRAISE FOR "MY MICHAEL"
"Slow, thoughtful, self-assured and highly sophisticated, full of the most skillful modulations of tone and texture. A modern Israeli "Madame Bovary" . . . distinguished by its warmth, its lyricism and remarkable technical control."--"The New York Times"
"A dazzling, very beautiful, splendidly conceived and composed book."--"The New York Review of Books"
PRAISE FOR"MY MICHAEL"
"Slow, thoughtful, self-assured and highly sophisticated, full of the most skillful modulations of tone and texture. A modern Israeli"Madame Bovary". . . distinguished by its warmth, its lyricism and remarkable technical control."--"The New York Times"
"A dazzling, very beautiful, splendidly conceived and composed book."--"The New York Review of Books"
PRAISE FOR "MY MICHAEL"
"Slow, thoughtful, self-assured and highly sophisticated, full of the most skillful modulations of tone and texture. A modern Israeli "Madame Bovary" . . . distinguished by its warmth, its lyricism and remarkable technical control."--"The New York Times"
"A dazzling, very beautiful, splendidly conceived and composed book."--"The New York Review of Books"
PRAISE FOR MY MICHAEL
"Slow, thoughtful, self-assured and highly sophisticated, full of the most skillful modulations of tone and texture. A modern Israeli Madame Bovary . . . distinguished by its warmth, its lyricism and remarkable technical control."--The New York Times
"A dazzling, very beautiful, splendidly conceived and composed book."--The New York Review of Books
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"Slow, thoughtful, self-assured and highly sophisticated, full of the most skillful modulations of tone and texture. A modern Israeli "Madame Bovary" . . . distinguished by its warmth, its lyricism and remarkable technical control."--"The New York Times"
"A dazzling, very beautiful, splendidly conceived and composed book."--"The New York Review of Books"
PRAISE FOR"MY MICHAEL"
"Slow, thoughtful, self-assured and highly sophisticated, full of the most skillful modulations of tone and texture. A modern Israeli"Madame Bovary". . . distinguished by its warmth, its lyricism and remarkable technical control."--"The New York Times"
"A dazzling, very beautiful, splendidly conceived and composed book."--"The New York Review of Books"
PRAISE FOR "MY MICHAEL"
"Slow, thoughtful, self-assured and highly sophisticated, full of the most skillful modulations of tone and texture. A modern Israeli "Madame Bovary" . . . distinguished by its warmth, its lyricism and remarkable technical control."--"The New York Times"
"A dazzling, very beautiful, splendidly conceived and composed book."--"The New York Review of Books"
PRAISE FOR MY MICHAEL
"Slow, thoughtful, self-assured and highly sophisticated, full of the most skillful modulations of tone and texture. A modern Israeli Madame Bovary . . . distinguished by its warmth, its lyricism and remarkable technical control."--The New York Times
"A dazzling, very beautiful, splendidly conceived and composed book."--The New York Review of Books
AMOS OZwas born in Jerusalem in 1939. He is the author of fourteen novels and collections of short fiction, and numerous works of nonfiction. His acclaimed memoir A Tale of Love and Darkness was an international bestseller and recipient of the prestigious Goethe Prize, as well as the National Jewish Book Award. Scenes from Village Life, a New York Times Notable Book, was awarded the Prix Mediterranee Etranger in 2010. He lives in Tel Aviv, Israel.
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- PublisherChatto & Windus
- Publication date1972
- ISBN 10 0701117869
- ISBN 13 9780701117863
- BindingHardcover
- Number of pages224
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My Michael / by Amos Oz ; translated from the Hebrew by Nicholas De Lange in collaboration with the author
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Book Description Second Edition. Very good cloth copy in a near-fine, very slightly edge-nicked and dust-dulled dust-wrapper, now mylar-sleeved. Remains particularly and surprisingly well-preserved overall; tight, bright, clean and strong. Physical description; vi, 216p ; 21 cm. Subjects; English fiction Translations from Hebrew. Israeli fiction Translations into English. 1 Kg. Seller Inventory # 271953
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Book Description Second Edition. Very good cloth copy in a near-fine, very slightly edge-nicked and dust-dulled dust-wrapper, now mylar-sleeved. Remains particularly and surprisingly well-preserved overall; tight, bright, clean and strong. Physical description; vi, 216p ; 21 cm. Subjects; English fiction Translations from Hebrew. Israeli fiction Translations into English. 1 Kg. Seller Inventory # 271953
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Book Description Hardcover. Condition: Very Good. Dust Jacket Condition: Good. First Edition. Blue coloured boards with gilt coloured titles to the backstrip. Illustrated dustwrapper with pink and white coloured titles to the front panel and white coloured titles to backstrip. Is black and white photograph of author to the rear fold over panel. Hannah Gonen is a wife of a geologist at the Hebrew University in Jerusalem. But, neither her outwardly successful life or relationship with her husband Michael are fulfilling, so she retreats to a ". private world of fantasies made up of her childhood memories and suppressed desires, a prison of isolation to which Michael has no access and from which he cannot release her. It is the contrast between Hannah's inward sense of alienation and the perfectly normal circumstances of the socialite that the author portrays so perceptibly." -- from the front fault of a panel blurb. Translated from Hebrew by Nicholas de Lange. In Rubbing of the book edges and aged honing of the textblock edges and pages. A small amount of chipping to the top right hand corner of the front dustwrapper panel with rubbing all all panel edges and faint fading to the backstrip and rear panel. This is the first UK edition. Size: 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall. [5], VI, [1], 2 - 216, [2] pages. Text body is clean, and free from previous owner annotation, underlining and highlighting. Dust Jacket price-clipped. Please refer to accompanying picture (s). Quantity Available: 1. Shipped Weight: Under 500 grams. Category: Literature & Literary; Israel; 1970s; ISBN: 0701117869. ISBN/EAN: 9780701117863. Inventory No: 0119442. Seller Inventory # 0119442
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My Michael, A Novel
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Book Description Hardcover. Condition: Near Fine. Dust Jacket Condition: Near Fine. 1st Edition. First UK edition, first impression. Some edge wear and chipping to top and bottom of jacket and spine, corners slightly rubbed, but overall largely dark pink jacket bright and unsunned. Not price clipped (£2.00), no inscriptions, internally clean tight and square, overall a vg++ copy for its age. 216pp. 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. Amos Oz's third work of fiction, quite a scarce book. Seller Inventory # 004674
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Book Description Hardcover. Condition: Acceptable. Ex library book, usual markings. Hardback with dust cover. Well read copy with some spine wear but still very useable. Quick dispatch from UK seller. Seller Inventory # mon0000001943
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