by Amos Oz, Nicholas de Lange · tapa blanda · ISBN 9781328745491
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«Judas» is Amos Oz's novel translated into English by Nicholas de Lange, published by Mariner Books in paperback (320 pages, in English).
Jerusalem, 1959. Shmuel Ash, a young drifting Bible scholar, cares for a brilliant and surly old man, Gershom Wald. The house is also inhabited by Atalia Abarbanel, daughter of a deceased Zionist leader, who fascinates Shmuel while keeping him at a distance. Their coexistence reveals a story of love and betrayal echoing the tale of Judas.
This is the 2017 English edition, translated from the Hebrew by Nicholas de Lange; the original work is from 2014. This edition was shortlisted for the International Booker Prize 2017.
For readers of Israeli literature and historical fiction who appreciate a coming-of-age novel with political and religious undertones.
Amos Oz 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.
