In The Land Of Israel-Fast Shipping

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“An exemplary instance of a writer using his craft to come to grips withwhat is happening politically and to illuminate certain aspects ofIsraeli society that have generally been concealed by polemicalformulas.” —The New York Times

Notebook in hand, Amos Oztraveled throughout Israel and the West Bank in the early 1980s to talkwith workers, soldiers, religious zealots, aging pioneers, newimmigrants, desperate Arabs, and visionaries, asking them questionsabout Israel’s past, present, and future. What he heard is set down herein those distinctive voices, alongside Oz’s observations andreflections. A classic insider’s view of a land whose complex past andtroubled present make for an uncertain future.

“Oz’s vignettes . . . wondrously re-create whole worlds with an economy of words.” —Philadelphia Inquirer