Fima

"Astonishing . . . galvanic and intoxicating." -The New Yorker

Fima lives in Jerusalem, but feels he ought to be somewhere else. In his life he has had secret love affairs, good ideas, and written a book of poems that aroused expectations. He has thought about the purpose of the universe and where the country lost its way. He has felt longings of all sorts, and the constant desire to pen a new chapter. And here he is now, in his early fifties in a shabby apartment on a gloomy wet morning, engaged in a humiliating struggle to release his shirt from the zipper of his fly. With wit and insight, Amos Oz portrays a man-and a generation-dreaming noble dreams but doing nothing.

"One of Oz's most memorable fictional creations . . . Fima is a cross between Chekhov's Uncle Vanya and Joyce's Leopold Bloom." - Washington Post

Info autore

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. 

Riassunto

“Astonishing . . . galvanic and intoxicating.” —The New Yorker

Fima lives in Jerusalem, but feels he ought to be somewhere else. In his life he has had secret love affairs, good ideas, and written a book of poems that aroused expectations. He has thought about the purpose of the universe and where the country lost its way. He has felt longings of all sorts, and the constant desire to pen a new chapter. And here he is now, in his early fifties in a shabby apartment on a gloomy wet morning, engaged in a humiliating struggle to release his shirt from the zipper of his fly. With wit and insight, Amos Oz portrays a man—and a generation—dreaming noble dreams but doing nothing.

“One of Oz’s most memorable fictional creations . . . Fima is a cross between Chekhov’s Uncle Vanya and Joyce’s Leopold Bloom.” — Washington Post

Dettagli sul prodotto

• Autori: Amos Oz
• Con la collaborazione di: N R M de Lange (Traduzione), N. R. M. De Lange (Traduzione)
• Editore: Houghton Mifflin Company
• Lingue: Inglese
• Formato: Tascabile
• Pubblicazione: 05.12.1994
• EAN: 9780156001434
• ISBN: 978-0-15-600143-4
• Pagine: 336
• Peso: 363 g
• Categorie: Narrativa > Romanzi; Religion: general, Narrative theme: Sense of place, United States of America, USA, Anthologies: general, Feminism and feminist theory, 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, FICTION: City Life, RELIGION: Essays, FICTION: World Literature / American / 20th Century, FICTION: World Literature / Middle East / Israel