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Longlist- Man Booker International Prize 2017
By Maxwell · 13 posts · 144 views
By Maxwell · 13 posts · 144 views
last updated May 19, 2017 01:12AM
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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 ...more
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 ...more

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 ...more
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 ...more

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

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