Don't Call It Night

A New York Times Notable Book of the Year

"A rich symphony of humanity . . . If Oz's eye for detail is enviable, it is his magnanimity which raises him to the first rank of world authors." -Sunday Telegraph (UK)

At Tel-Kedar, a settlement in the Negev desert, the longtime love affair between Theo, a sixty-year-old civil engineer, and Noa, a young schoolteacher, is slowly disintegrating. When a pupil dies under difficult circumstances, the couple and the entire town are thrown into turmoil. Amos Oz explores with brilliant insight the possibilities-and limits-of love and tolerance.

"Vivid, convincing, and haunting." -New York Times Book Review

About the author

AMOS OZ (1939–2018) was born in Jerusalem. He was the recipient of the Prix Femina, the Frankfurt Peace Prize, the Goethe Prize, the Primo Levi Prize, and the National Jewish Book Award, among other international honors. His work, including A Tale of Love and Darkness and In the Land of Israel, has been translated into forty-four languages. 

Summary

A New York Times Notable Book of the Year

“A rich symphony of humanity . . . If Oz’s eye for detail is enviable, it is his magnanimity which raises him to the first rank of world authors.” —Sunday Telegraph (UK)

At Tel-Kedar, a settlement in the Negev desert, the longtime love affair between Theo, a sixty-year-old civil engineer, and Noa, a young schoolteacher, is slowly disintegrating. When a pupil dies under difficult circumstances, the couple and the entire town are thrown into turmoil. Amos Oz explores with brilliant insight the possibilities—and limits—of love and tolerance.

“Vivid, convincing, and haunting.” —New York Times Book Review

Product details

• Authors: Oz, Amos Oz
• Assisted by: N R M de Lange (Translation), N. R. M. De Lange (Translation)
• Publisher: Houghton Mifflin Company
• Languages: English
• Product format: Paperback / Softback
• Released: 15.10.1997
• EAN: 9780156005579
• ISBN: 978-0-15-600557-9
• No. of pages: 208
• Weight: 4531 g
• Subjects: Fiction > Narrative literature; Short Stories, Religion: general, United States of America, USA, Anthologies: general, Religious and spiritual fiction, Relating to religious groups, Relating to Jewish people and groups, FICTION: Literary, FICTION: Women, FICTION: Short Stories (single author), FICTION: Religious, LITERARY COLLECTIONS: American / General, LITERARY COLLECTIONS: Women Authors, FICTION: Anthologies (multiple authors), FICTION: Feminist, FICTION: Jewish, RELIGION: Essays, FICTION: World Literature / American / General, FICTION: World Literature / Middle East / Israel