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9780791488973

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English

Poids de l'ouvrage

4 Mo

In Somber Lust, Yair Mazor examines the work of the celebrated Israeli writer Amos Oz. In addition to providing a panoramic, comprehensive study of Oz's work, including his novels, novellas, short stories, and numerous essays on literary, social, and political subjects, Mazor also meticulously documents the evolution of Oz's aesthetic and ideological vision. The book concludes with an extensive interview with Oz himself, in which he offers insights into his own work as well as the creative process in general.

Acknowledgments

1. Introduction: Mapping Poetics, Documenting Ideology, and Above All, Being Motivated by Love

2. Since the Jackals' Lament Carries the Sound of Yearning: Intertextuality and Deconstruction in "Nomads and Viper"

3. The Father, the Son, and the Blowing of the Ill Wind, or Writing Strindberg from Right to Left

4. The Spy Who May Never Come in from the Cold: A Discussion of To Know a Woman

5. At Last, the Secret Double Agent Takes Off His Gloves and Removes the Mask: A Discussion of A Panther in the Basement

6. Essays Are Sometimes Masked Aesthetics: A Discussion of Under This Blazing Light

7. Some Rest at Last. Tracing a Literary Motif: The Motif of the Picture in A Perfect Peace and Beyond

8. Amos Oz Talk about Amos Oz: "Being I, Plus Being Myself" — An Interview with Hillit Yeshourun

Notes

Bibliography

Index of Literary and Critical Works

Index of Authors and Artists

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Publié par

State University of New York Press

Date de parution

01 février 2012

EAN13

9780791488973

Langue

English

Poids de l'ouvrage

4 Mo

✦ SOMBER LUST T h e A r t o f A m o s O z

SOMBER LUST

✦ Y A I R M A Z O R Tra n s l a t e d b y M a r g a n i t We i n b e r g e r - Ro t m a n

SomberLust

SUNY Series in Modern Jewish Literature and Culture Sarah Blacher Cohen, Editor

SomberLust

TheArt ofAmosOz

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Translated by Marganit Weinberger-Rotman

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On the cover: Pablo Picasso, Spanish (worked in France), 1881–1973. Detail fromLa Vie, 1903. Oil on canvas, 196.5129.2 cm.The Cleveland Museum of Art, Gift of the Hanna Fund, 1945.24. Used with permission.

Published by State University of New York Press, Albany

2002 State University of New York

Printed in the United States of America

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Library of Congress Control Number Mazor, Yair, 1950– [Lituf ba-afelah. English] Somber lust : the art of Amos Oz / by Yair Mazor ; translated by Marganit Weinberger-Rotman. p. cm. — (SUNY series in modern Jewish literature and culture) Includes bibliographical references and index. ISBN 0-7914-5307-3 (alk. paper) — ISBN 0-7914-5308-1 (pbk. : alk. paper) 1. Oz, Amos—Criticism and interpretation. I. Title. II. Series. PJ5054.O9 Z7813 2002 892.436—dc21 2001032203

Oh, those words of mine,The sad and sunny nails of my life. —Yehuda Amichai, Poem no. 10, inTime (trans. Yair Mazor)

To Yael and Bilha

to my late parents Rachel and Itzhak

and

to Sarah Rosentzweig

I do love you all very dearly, and I find comfort in your love.

The Sonnet of the Sleeve of the Landscape

The sleeve of the landscape Was folded over the arm of the shore. The cheekbones of the ocean rose in the storm, Your face burnt in the dark.

You had tickets for Hollywood and Sodom, A velvet curtain covered the dream. With a rusty needle you sewed a starlet’s dress And dead birds adorned your hair like a ribbon.

You wrapped the moon in blue paper You could only fall down from the cotton clouds. The mist pierced

The remnants of the light And when you were gone, you left behind a souvenir: a hair In the sink. (Ronny Someck, trans. Marganit Weinberger-Rotman)

Acknowledgments

Contents

1. Introduction: Mapping Poetics, Documenting Ideology, and Above All, Being Motivated by Love

2. Since the Jackals’ Lament Carries the Sound of Yearning: Intertextuality and Deconstruction in “Nomads and Viper”

3. The Father, the Son, and the Blowing of the Ill Wind, or Writing Strindberg from Right to Left

4. The Spy Who May Never Come in from the Cold: A Discussion ofTo Know a Woman

5. At Last, the Secret Double Agent Takes Off His Gloves and Removes the Mask: A Discussion ofA Panther in the Basement

6. Essays Are Sometimes Masked Aesthetics: A Discussion of Under This Blazing Light

7. Some Rest at Last. Tracing a Literary Motif: The Motif of the Picture inA Perfect Peaceand Beyond

8. Amos Oz Talks about Amos Oz: “Being I, Plus Being Myself ”— An Interview with Hillit Yeshourun

Notes

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Bibliography

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Index of Literary and Critical Works

Index of Authors and Artists

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And if it is necessary to focus one’s gaze and remain on the lookout for hours and days, perhaps even for years, well, there is nothing better to do anyway. Hoping for a recurrence of one of those rare, unexpected moments when the darkness is mo-mentarily lifted, and there comes a flicker, a fleeting glimmer, which one must not miss, one must not be caught off guard. Because it may signify something that makes us ask ourselves what else is there. Besides rapture and humility.

—Amos Oz,To Know a Woman (trans. Yair Mazor)

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