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Judas
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Start date
March 15, 2017
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June 14, 2017
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2017 International Longlist
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Longlist- Man Booker International Prize 2017
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Judas by Amos Oz
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Robert
Jan 20, 2020 rated it liked it  ·  review of another edition
Amos Oz is one of those authors who I admire, rather than like. I have read a good number of his books and the only one I managed to gravitate to is A Tale of Love and Darkness . To a certain extent, I don’t. mind Fima either.

Judas starts off well: Rebellious Shmuel decides to drop out of university and become a sort of caretaker to an old man, Gershom Wald. Really his job is to converse with him for a few hours a day. During their conversations, Shmuel learns that Jerusalem’s history is entwine
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nettebuecherkiste
Übersetzung aus dem Hebräischen: Mirjam Pressler

Sprecher: Christian BrĂĽckner

Dauer: 10 h 58 min

Jerusalem im Winter 1959. Der junge Student Schmuel Asch gibt sein Studium auf, nachdem sein Vater einen Prozess verloren hat und ihn nicht mehr finanziell unterstützen kann. Auf einen Aushang an der Universität hin nimmt er eine Stelle als Betreuer eines alten Mannes an, Kost und Logis inbegriffen. Seine Auftraggeberin ist Atalja, die verwitwete Schwiegertochter des alten Mannes, in die der junge Mann
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Jill
Apr 17, 2017 rated it really liked it  ·  review of another edition
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This was my first Amoz Oz book and was another pleasant surprise on the Man Booker International long list. The theories about Judas Iscariot were interesting and make me want to revisit the New Testament details. (I'm pretty sure that Judas is not mentioned as being present at the crucifixion, and that the timeline was laid out as he had killed himself before then?).

There were many sections, mainly when Gershom Wald was speaking, which I reread for their beauty & wisdom.I think I would have pr
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