To Know a Woman

by Amos Oz

Overview

As an Israeli secret service agent, Yoel Ravid’s ability to sense the truth made him invaluable. Now widowed and retired, he lives with his mother, his mother-in-law, his daughter, and the haunting memory of his wife. A New York Times Notable Book of the Year. Translated by Nicholas de Lange. A Helen and Kurt Wolff Book

Product Details

ISBN-13:	9780547545837
Publisher:	HarperCollins Publishers
Publication date:	04/27/1992
Sold by:	HARPERCOLLINS
Format:	eBook
Pages:	272
File size:	2 MB

About the Author

AMOS OZ (1939–2018) was born in Jerusalem. He was the recipient of the Prix Femina, the Frankfurt Peace Prize, the Goethe Prize, the Primo Levi Prize, and the National Jewish Book Award, among other international honors. His work, including A Tale of Love and Darkness and In the Land of Israel, has been translated into forty-four languages. 

Date of Birth:

May 4, 1939

Date of Death:

December 28, 2018

Place of Birth:

Jerusalem

Place of Death:

Tel Aviv, Israel

Editorial Reviews

One of Israel's best-known novelists pens a compelling psychological study of an Israeli espionage agent who retires following his wife's accidental death. (Mar.)

Publishers Weekly - Publisher's Weekly

In To Know a Woman, Amos Oz brings to the relations of marriage the...insight of a Strindberg. -- The Observer

Nadine Gordimer