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'A hero of mine, a moral as well as literary giant' Simon Schama
Amos Oz, the internationally acclaimed author of A Tale of Love and Darkness and Judas, grew up in war-torn Jerusalem, where as a boy he witnessed first-hand the poisonous consequences of fanaticism.
In How To Cure a Fanatic Amos Oz analyses the historical roots of violence and confronts truths about the extremism nurtured throughout society. By bringing us face to face with fanaticism he suggests ways in which we can all respond.
From the author of A Tale of Love and Darkness and Man Booker International Prize shortlisted Judas.
'He was the conscience of Israel' Roger Cohen, New York Times
Author Notes
Amos Oz was born Amos Klausner in Jerusalem on May 4, 1939. As a young teenager, he moved to Kibbutz Hulda, where he completed his secondary education and worked on a farm. After he completed mandatory military service in 1961, the kibbutz assembly sent him to study at the Hebrew University of Jerusalem, where he received a B.A. in philosophy and literature. After graduation, he moved back to Hulda, where he wrote, did farm work, did guard and dining-room duty, and taught in the kibbutz high school. He fought in the 1967 and 1973 wars and spent a year as a visiting fellow at Oxford University.
He wrote novels, collections of short fiction, works of nonfiction, and essays. His novels included My Michael, Black Box, and The Gospel According to Judas. His memoir, A Tale of Love and Darkness, was adapted into a movie in 2016. His last book, Dear Zealot, was made up of three essays on the theme of fanaticism. He was an advocate for peace and believed in a two-state solution, meaning the establishment of a Palestinian state alongside Israel. In the late 1970s, he helped found Peace Now. He received several awards including the Goethe Prize, the French Knight's Cross of the Légion D'Honneur, and the Israel Prize. He died after a short battle with cancer on December 28, 2018 at the age of 79.
(Bowker Author Biography)
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Library Journal Review
Many books about the current Israeli-Palestinian conflict are angry, polemical, or abusive in tone. This little (4" x 6") volume, however, is lucid, rational, and constructive. Two essays and an extended interview on contemporary issues allow Oz (Elsewhere, Perhaps), the successful Israeli novelist and peace activist, to outline steps for peace. He proposes to abandon the view that the conflict is a struggle between good and evil or simply a clash of cultures and persuasively argues that it is instead a struggle for land between two peoples who love and feel connected to the same small country. Only compromise, he writes, can convince the two peoples to divide the land that both desire. A two-state solution must be the goal, and the greatest obstacle to a pragmatic settlement is the fanaticism that has caused so much bloodshed in the Middle East and throughout the world. This small book embodies so much realism and optimism that it would make a welcome addition to all libraries, general and scholarly.-Elizabeth R. Hayford, Associated Coll. of the Midwest, Chicago (c) Copyright 2010. Library Journals LLC, a wholly owned subsidiary of Media Source, Inc. No redistribution permitted.
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