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Scenes from Village Life (Hardcover)

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    In a certain small village, something is off kilter. An elderly man complains to his daughter that he hears the sound of digging under his house at night. Could it be his tenant, a young Arab? But then the tenant hears the mysterious d......more

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In a certain small village, something is off kilter. An elderly man complains to his daughter that he hears the sound of digging under his house at night. Could it be his tenant, a young Arab? But then the tenant hears the mysterious digging sounds too. The mayor receives a note from his wife: "Don’t worry about me." He looks all over, no sign of her. The veneer of new wealth around the village-- gourmet restaurants and art galleries, a winery-- cannot conceal abandoned outbuildings, disused air raid shelters, rusting farm tools, and trucks left where they stopped.

Amos Oz`s novel-in-stories is a brilliant, unsettling glimpse of what goes on behind the surface of everyday life. Scenes of Village Life is a parable for Israel, and for all of us.

Author:
Oz, Amos
ISBN:
9780547483368
Format:
Hardcover
Pages:
182
Publish Date:
10/18/2011
Publisher:
Houghton Mifflin Harcourt

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  • There's something rotten in Tel Ilan, Israel, and in each of these eight finely wrought pieces of Oz's novel-in-stories, he skillfully delineates the looming forces threatening to fissure the serenity of this idyllic village. Founded 100 years before, the "pioneer village" has changed from a farming community of vineyards and almond trees into a place of boutiques and art galleries. In the first story, "Heirs," a stranger appears at the home of Arieh Zelnik claiming to be a relative who wants to convert the family land into a "health farm" for paying customers; while in "Singing," a Friday night communal choral group intent on the Sabbath is oblivious to the rumble of air force planes returning from bombing "enemy targets." Most chilling is "Digging," in which a young Arab student writing a book comparing Jewish and Arab village life comes to stay in a back shed belonging to the widow Rachel Franco, whose aged, bitter father, a former Member of the Knesset, becomes obsessed with digging sounds he hears at night. Is the Arab digging for some proof that the land really belongs to him? wonders the old man, who mourns the days when "there was still some fleeting affection between people." Oz (Rhyming Life and Death) writes characterizations that are subtle but surgically precise, rendering this work a powerfully understated treatment of an uneasy Israeli conscience. (Oct.) (c) Copyright PWxyz, LLC. All rights reserved.
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