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Amos Oz's first major novel in a decade - since A Tale of Love and Darkness, which sold over 100,000 copies
Shmuel, a young, idealistic student, is drawn to a mysterious handwritten note on a campus noticeboard. This takes him to a strange house, where an elderly invalid man requires a paid companion, to argue with and read to him. But there is someone else in the house, too... A woman, who is trailed by ghosts from her past. Shmuel is captivated by her, a sexual obsession which evolves into gentle love and devotion; and he is pulled to the old man, an intellectual obsession which also evolves into gentle love and devotion. Shmuel begins to uncover the house’s tangled history and, in doing so, reaches an understanding that harks back not only to the beginning of the Jewish-Arab conflict, but also the beginning of Jerusalem itself – to Christianity, to Judaism, to Judas.
Set in the still-divided Jerusalem of 1959–60, Judas is an exquisite love story and coming-of-age tale, and a radical rethinking of the concept of treason. It is a novel steeped in desire and curiosity from one of Israel's greatest living writers.
Shmuel, a young, idealistic student, is drawn to a mysterious handwritten note on a campus noticeboard. This takes him to a strange house, where an elderly invalid man requires a paid companion, to argue with and read to him. But there is someone else in the house, too... A woman, who is trailed by ghosts from her past. Shmuel is captivated by her, a sexual obsession which evolves into gentle love and devotion; and he is pulled to the old man, an intellectual obsession which also evolves into gentle love and devotion. Shmuel begins to uncover the house’s tangled history and, in doing so, reaches an understanding that harks back not only to the beginning of the Jewish-Arab conflict, but also the beginning of Jerusalem itself – to Christianity, to Judaism, to Judas.
Set in the still-divided Jerusalem of 1959–60, Judas is an exquisite love story and coming-of-age tale, and a radical rethinking of the concept of treason. It is a novel steeped in desire and curiosity from one of Israel's greatest living writers.
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"A masterpiece: command of the word, mastery of construct, the ability to stimulate all the senses of the reader." (La Reppublica)
"Judas is a rich and thrilling novel, one of the most interesting books published this year." (Haaretz)
"Amos Oz belongs to the great authors of world literature" (Suddeutsche Zeitung)
"Judas is deeply humane, touching and loving. Incredible literature" (TROUW)
"Once again, Amos Oz has given us an absolute, necessary masterpiece" (Alberto Manguel)
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"Judas is a rich and thrilling novel, one of the most interesting books published this year." (Haaretz)
"Amos Oz belongs to the great authors of world literature" (Suddeutsche Zeitung)
"Judas is deeply humane, touching and loving. Incredible literature" (TROUW)
"Once again, Amos Oz has given us an absolute, necessary masterpiece" (Alberto Manguel)
Born in Jerusalem in 1939, Amos Oz is the internationally acclaimed author of many novels and essay collections, translated into over forty languages, including his brilliant semi-autobiographical work, A Tale of Love and Darkness. He has received several international awards, including the Prix Femina, the Israel Prize, the Goethe Prize, the Frankfurt Peace Prize and the 2013 Franz Kafka Prize. He lives in Israel and is considered a towering figure in world literature.
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- PublisherChatto & Windus
- Publication date2016
- ISBN 10 1784740519
- ISBN 13 9781784740511
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