Amos Oz Author (21 results)

Paperback. Condition: Very Good. First Edition Thus; EDCBA print line. VERY GOOD Condition CLEAN, SOLID, BRIGHT; BLACK TITLES ON YELOW PAPER COVERS.SHOWING BUSY "OLD TOWN" STREET LINE DRAWING. 1p AUTHOR PHOTO BACK COVER. ; 147pg pages; Generous immagination at work.sensuous imagery, careful, wise simplicity.". Illustrated by Author Photo Inner Dj Flap (illustrator).…

Mass Market Paperback. Condition: Good. 247 pp. Solidly bound copy with moderate external wear and clean text. Page edges are foxed but text is unaffected.

Trade Paperback. Condition: Very Good. 1st Vintage International Edition: April. 240 pp. Solidly bound copy with moderate external wear, crisp pages and clean text. Light foxing on page edges, not affecting text. Spine slightly creased and damaged. Pictures of actual copy -not displayed here!- available upon request. Marc J. Cohen (Design); Ken Skalski (Photos) (illustrator). …

Hardcover. Condition: Very Good. Dust Jacket Condition: Very Good. First Edition. First Edition hardcover with unclipped dust jacket, in very good condition. Jacket edges are creased and sunned, and a small puncture on the spine towards the jacket rear. Board corners and spine ends are slightly bumped, and page block lightly blemished. Pages are clear and unmarked. LW. Used.…

Hardcover. Condition: Brand New. 1st edition. 118 pages. 8.50x5.75x0.75 inches. In Stock.

Hardcover. Condition: As New. Dust Jacket Condition: Fine. 1st Edition. As new/Fine, first edition (as marked by publisher), first printing of English translation, olive green and beige linen quarter binding, 309 pps. Dust wrapper is not price clipped and under protective mylar. Book and jacket in excellent conition, tight and bright, w/o writing or marks. Pages sunned due to age, back dust wrapper shows minute shelf wear, spine top edge light chip. Practically historical at 50 years post publication this fictional community of Metsudat Ram is a microcosm of the Israeli frontier kibbutz. There, held together by necessity and menace, the kibbutzniks share love and sorrow under the guns of their enemies and the eyes of history. Rene Clarke (illustrator).…

Paperback. Condition: Brand New. 200 pages. German language. 5.75x0.67x8.50 inches. In Stock.

Hardcover. Condition: As New. Dust Jacket Condition: As New. 1st Edition. First printing of the first U.S. edition, with full number line. A very fine (as-new) copy in a very fine (as-new) jacket. A clean copy with price ($15.99) intact on front flap. Comes with archival-quality jacket protector. Note: Small sticker on front panel (as pictured) on an otherwise very fine jacket. Translated from the Hebrew by Silverston. Fiction-O. …

Paperback. Condition: Brand New. German language. 4.72x0.83x7.80 inches. In Stock.

Paperback. Condition: Brand New. 160 pages. Spanish language. 8.43x5.75x0.47 inches. In Stock.

Hardcover. Condition: Very Good. Dust Jacket Condition: Very Good. First Edition, First Printing. First edition, first printing hardcover with unclipped dust jacket, in very good condition. Jacket is slightly marked and sunned. Edges are creased and nicked. Page block and page edges are lightly tanned. Small blemish at the fore-edge of the first few pages. Binding is sound and pages are clear. LW. Used.…

Paperback. Condition: Brand New. 248 pages. Spanish language. 8.66x5.91x1.02 inches. In Stock.

Hardcover. Condition: Fine. Dust Jacket Condition: Fine. 1st Edition. First printing of the first American edition, with full letter line. A fine copy in a fine jacket. A clean copy with price ($`6.95) intact on front flap. Comes with archival-quality jacket protector. Note: Very light soil mark on rear jacket cover (as pictured), on an otherwise beautiful copy. This copy has been SIGNED by Oz on the title page (as pictured). Program from 92Y 2016 readings calendar (including Oz's November 14 reading) laid in. Fiction-O. Signed by Author(s).…

Hardcover. First Edition, Second Printing. Octavo, 262 pages. In Very Good condition with Very Good minus condition dust jacket. Spine is white with blue and gray lettering. Dust jacket protected by mylar covering, price uncut: "$19.95" on front flap, has mild bending wear to head fore corners and along spine head, yellow sticker residue on rear cover and mild general soiling. Boards have mild rubbing wear to joints. Textblock edges have mild foxing. Signed flat on front free endpaper by Amos Oz. Shelved Room C. 1397929. Special Collections.…

Paperback. Condition: Brand New. 274 pages. Malayalm language. 5.50x0.62x8.50 inches. In Stock.

Hardcover. Condition: Brand New. 200 pages. German language. 5.20x1.18x8.27 inches. In Stock.

Hardcover. Condition: As New. Dust Jacket Condition: As New. 1st Edition. First printing of the first American edition, with full letter line. A fine copy in a fine jacket. A clean copy with price ($20.00) intact on front flap. Comes with archival-quality jacket protector. Note: Tiny touch of wear to corner of front jacket panel (as pictured), on an otherwise very fine (as-new) copy. Translated from the Hebrew by Bar-Tura. This copy has been SIGNED and dated by Oz on the title page (as pictured). Signed-Fiction. Signed by Author(s).…

Hardcover. Condition: Very good. Dust Jacket Condition: Very good. The format is approximately 5.5 inches by 8.5 inches. [8], 147, [5] pages. Signed by the author with comment ("Shalom") in the fep. From a great and true voice of our time (Washington Post Book World), comes this story of Proffy, a twelve-year-old living in Palestine in 1947. When Proffy befriends a member of the occupying British forces who shares his love of language and the Bible, he is accused of treason by his friends and learns the true nature of loyalty and betrayal. Amos Oz (born Amos Klausner; 4 May 1939 - 28 December 2018) was an Israeli writer, novelist, journalist, and intellectual. He was also a professor of Hebrew literature at Ben-Gurion University of the Negev. From 1967 onwards, Oz was a prominent advocate of a two-state solution to the Israeli-Palestinian conflict. He was the author of 40 books, including novels, short story collections, children's books, and essays, and his work has been published in 45 languages, more than that of any other Israeli writer. He was the recipient of many honors and awards, among them the Friedenspreis des Deutschen Buchhandels, the Legion of Honour of France, the Israel Prize, the Goethe Prize, the Prince of Asturias Award in Literature, the Heinrich Heine Prize, and the Franz Kafka Prize. Oz is regarded as one of "Israel's most prolific writers and respected intellectuals", as The New York Times worded it in an obituary. Derived from a Kirkus review: A wonderful novel from the increasingly acclaimed Israeli author. This time, Oz offers the first-person narrative of an imaginative and intelligent 12-year- old boy nicknamed Proffy (short for ``Professor''), living just outside Jerusalem in 1947, the final year of the British ``mandate'' (occupation). Determined to grow up to fight for his people's independence, Proffy joins two comrades in forming a make- believe underground resistance movement he calls FOD (``Freedom or Death''). He imagines himself a ``panther in the basement,'' silently crouching and biding his time awaiting an opportunity to ``pounce on'' the hated British. But while out one night beyond curfew, Proffy is apprehended by the unprepossessing Sergeant Dunlop, a clumsy British policeman who turns out to be sympathetic toward Jews and deeply enamored of their culture. He and Proffy meet secretly in a local cafe, exchanging Hebrew and English lessons, and bringing Proffy to a paradoxical reevaluation of himself as ``a young Hebrew Underground fighter, whose life is devoted to driving out the foreign oppressor, but whose soul is bound up with his. . . .'' This amazingly compact novel features several vivid supporting characters (including Proffy's severe scholarly father and forthright mother, his judgmental friends Ben Hur and Chita, and Ben Hur's grownup sister Yardena, a woman wise beyond her years) and such marvelous set-pieces as Proffy's long rhapsodic description of the books in his father's study, and a moving climactic moment of understanding between father and son on the eve of the formation of the state of Israel. Oz expertly blends together an ingenious allegory of the Israeli resistance movement, a shimmering portrait of life in postwar Jerusalem and environs, and an unforgettable characterization of its sentient young hero- -who's thoroughly believable both as a confused preadolescent and as the mature writer looking backward on his, and his country's, youth from the vantage point of middle age. Another triumph, and further evidence of Oz's increasing claim to serious Nobel Prize consideration. First edition [stated], Third printing [stated]. Eric Feinblatt (Author photograph) (illustrator).…

Hardcover. First U.S. Edition. Octavo, 538 pages. In Very Good condition with Very Good dust jacket. Spine yellow with white lettering. Dust jacket protected with mylar covering; price uncut: "$26.00." Light general shelf wear. Shelved in Case 8 1/2. 1408300. Shelved Dupont Bookstore.

Hardcover. First US Edition, First Printing. Octavo, 538 pages. In Very Good minus condition with Very Good minus condition dust jacket. Spine is yellow and brown with gold faux-label and white lettering. Dust jacket protected by mylar covering, price uncut: "$26.00" on front flap, and has mild shelving wear along head edges and light sticker residue along front cover. Boards have mild shelving and rubbing wear along extremities. Textblock has light soiling and smudging along edges; previous owner's annotations in blue ink along rear free-endpaper. Signed flat on title page by Amos Oz. Shelved Room C. 1397452. Special Collections.…

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.…