Israel, just before the Six-Day War. On a kibbutz, the country's founders and their children struggle to come to terms with their land and with each other. The messianic father exults in accomplishments that had once been only dreams; the son longs...
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Israel, just before the Six-Day War. On a kibbutz, the country's founders and their children struggle to come to terms with their land and with each other. The messianic father exults in accomplishments that had once been only dreams; the son longs to establish an identity apart from his father; the fragile young wife is out of touch with reality; and the gifted and charismatic "outsider" seethes with emotion. Through the interplay of these brilliantly realized characters, Oz evokes a drama that is chillingly, strikingly universal Part 1 Winter -- 1 -- 2 -- 3 -- 4 -- 5 -- 6 -- 7 -- 8 -- 9 -- 10 -- 11 -- Part 2 Spring -- 12 -- 13 -- 14 -- 15 -- 16 -- 17 -- 18 -- 19 -- 20 -- 21
Contents -- PART 1 Over Against the Fishermen -- 1 A Charming, Well-organized Village -- 2 A Remarkable Man -- 3 Stella Maris -- 4 Bronka Hears Shooting -- 5 To Be a Woman -- 6 Another Sadness -- 7 A Painful Sorrow -- 8 Elsewhere, Perhaps -- 9 Plants...
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Contents -- PART 1 Over Against the Fishermen -- 1 A Charming, Well-organized Village -- 2 A Remarkable Man -- 3 Stella Maris -- 4 Bronka Hears Shooting -- 5 To Be a Woman -- 6 Another Sadness -- 7 A Painful Sorrow -- 8 Elsewhere, Perhaps -- 9 Plants and Animals -- 10 Blessed Routine -- 11 Force -- 12 Three Paths -- 13 Blindness -- 14 Mounting Evidence -- 15 Woman -- 16 Hatred -- 17 Two Women -- 18 Menace -- 19 The Clapper in the Bell -- 20 If There Is Justice -- 21 To Read Poems -- 22 More of the Blessed Routine -- 23 Simple Fisherfolk -- PART II The Clapper in the Bell -- 24 An Undesirable Character -- 25 You're One of Us -- 26 A Wintry Type of Person -- 27 Bells and Sadness -- 28 The Golden Dagger -- 29 Herbert Segal Fights Back -- 30 The Credit Side -- 31 A Withered Tree -- 32 Come, Let's Go -- 33 Dim in the Night -- 34 My Brother's Keeper -- ...Ever After
