Fima - Softcover

Oz, Mr Amos

Softcover

ISBN 10: 0156001438 ISBN 13: 9780156001434

Publisher: Wadsworth Publishing Co Inc, 1994

Synopsis

Fima lives in Jerusalem, but feels that he is in Jerusalem by mistake, that he ought to be somewhere else. In the course of his life he has had several love affairs, several ideas, has written a book of poems that aroused some expectations, has thought about the purpose of the universe and where the country has lost its way, has spun a detailed fantasy about founding a new political movement, has felt longings of one sort or another, and the constant desire to open a new chapter. And here he is now, in his early fifties, in this shabby flat on a gloomy wet morning, engaged in a humiliating struggle to release the corner of his shirt from the zipper of his fly. With rare wit, intimate knowledge of the human heart, and his usual storytelling mastery, Amos Oz portrays a man - and a generation that dreams noble dreams but does nothing.

About this title

Review:

"There is no novelist writing today who catches the feeling of the moment more surely than Amos Oz" (Scotsman)

"The book eavesdrops on several days in the life of this Jewish Walter Mitty, a Dostoevskian holy fool minus the faith, with the penchant for casuistic sophistry of Bellow's Herzog" (Sunday Telegraph)

"This might turn out to be the first entry into Israel's "post-war" literary canon" (Independent)

"A warm, enhancing experience" (Spectator)

"A thinking woman's Billy Liar" (Observer)

Book Description:

'Fima is surely his best book, a celebration of human complexity, and his testament to its achievement' - Scotland on Sunday

About this edition

• Publisher: Wadsworth Publishing Co Inc
• Publication date: 1994
• ISBN 10: 0156001438
• ISBN 13: 9780156001434
• Binding: Paperback
• Number of pages: 336