To Know a Woman

by Amos Oz

Overview

A New York Times Notable Book of the Year

“[To Know a Woman has] the powerful undertow of myth . . . A rich and affecting novel.” — New York Times

Following the accidental death of his wife, Israeli secret service agent Yoel Ravid retires to the suburbs with his daughter, mother, and mother-in-law. After a lifetime of uncovering other people’s secrets, he is forced to look back on his own: the desolate enigma of his wife’s life and death, his years of service to the state, the riddle of his daughter’s behavior. Amos Oz infuses Yoel’s story with poetry, humor, and a vivid sense of the madness inherent in everyday existence.

“His language is Hebrew, his setting Israel, his message is universal.” — Boston Jewish Times

Product Details

ISBN-13:	9780156906807
Publisher:	HarperCollins
Publication date:	04/27/1992
Series:	Harvest in Translation
Edition description:	First Edition
Pages:	272
Product dimensions:	5.31(w) x 8.00(h) x (d)

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