My Michael was Israeli writer Amos Oz’s second novel and first translated work. The Hebrew edition was published in Israel in 1968, shortly after the Six-Day War (ArabIsraeli War) in 1967, and in English with translator Nicholas de Lange in… Read More ›
Israeli Literature
Analysis of A. B. Yehoshua’s Mr. Mani
Mr. Mani is the masterwork of the 20th-century author A. B. Yehoshua (1936–2022), an Israeli novelist considered the most outstanding literary figure of his generation. The author’s fourth novel, Mr. Mani achieved instant acclaim upon publication. A rich, dense narrative… Read More ›
Analysis of Amos Oz’s Black Box
Written by Israeli writer Amos Oz (1939–2018), Black Box appeared in Hebrew under the title Kufsah Shehorah in 1987. The novel immediately climbed to the top of the best-seller lists in Israel, breaking previously recorded book sales. It was translated… Read More ›