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"A lavishly gifted writer" (New York Times)
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"There is no novelist writing today who catches the feeling of the moment more surely than Amos Oz" (Scotsman)
"Here is a writer unafraid of displaying the full spectrum of emotions, and a writer – be it noted – who actually seems to have some faith left in the future" (Guardian)
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- PublisherVintage
- Publication date2016
- ISBN 10 1784702153
- ISBN 13 9781784702151
- BindingPaperback
- Number of pages96
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