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THE SAME SEA
by Oz, Amos
- Used
- Fine
- Hardcover
- first
- Condition
- Fine/Fine
- ISBN 10
- 0151005729
- ISBN 13
- 9780151005727
- Seller
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Los Angeles, California, United States
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About This Item
New York, New York, U.S.A. : Harcourt, Inc., 2001. 1st Edition 1st Printing. Hardcover. Fine/Fine. 8vo - over 7¾ - 9¾" tall. Translated from the Hebrew by Nicholas de Langetine, in collaboration with the author.Author of TO KNOW A WOMAN, A TALE OF LOVE AND DARKNESS, FIMA, and PANTHER IN THE BASEMENT, among others Oz has received several international awards, including the Prix Femina, the Israel Prize, and the Frankfurt Peace Prize. Fine, first edition, first printing copy, in fine, mylar-protected dust jacket. L168/ L139
Synopsis
From the internationally acclaimed Israeli author, a unique novel in verse that will take its place among the great books of our time. The Same Sea is Amos Oz's most adventurous and inventive novel, the book by which he would like to be remembered. This is Oz free of convention--literary and otherwise. Prose leads to poetry, poetry to prose. The cast of characters ranges from a prodigal son to a widowed father who has taken in his son's enticing young girlfriend, who in turn sleeps with her boyfriend's close friend. The author himself receives phone calls from his characters, criticizing the way he portrays them in his novel. In this human profusion there is chaos and order, love and eroticism, loyalty and betrayal, and ultimately an extraordinary energy. Reminiscent of Under Milk Wood for the range of its voices, its earthy humor, and its poignancy, The Same Sea is heartbreaking and sensuous, filled with classical echoes and Biblical allusions. Oz at his very best. "I wrote this book with everything I have. Language music, structure everything that I have. . . . This is the closest book I've written. Close to me, close to what I always wanted. . . . I went as far as I could. --Amos Oz
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Details
- Bookseller
- Joe Staats, Bookseller
(US)
- Bookseller's Inventory #
- 022201
- Title
- THE SAME SEA
- Author
- Oz, Amos
- Format/Binding
- Hardcover
- Book Condition
- Used - Fine
- Jacket Condition
- Fine
- Quantity Available
- 1
- Edition
- 1st Edition 1st Printing
- ISBN 10
- 0151005729
- ISBN 13
- 9780151005727
- Publisher
- Harcourt, Inc.
- Place of Publication
- New York, New York, U.S.A.
- Date Published
- 2001
- Pages
- 208
- Size
- 8vo - over 7¾ - 9¾
- Product_type
- 2
Terms of Sale
Joe Staats, Bookseller
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About the Seller
Joe Staats, Bookseller
Biblio member since 2003
Los Angeles, California
About Joe Staats, Bookseller
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We specialize in collectible, contemporary signed first editions. First edition means the first printing. (Later printings of the first edition are typically not printed on acid-free paper, and should be avoided by collectors.) Signatures are obtained by us in person. Inscribed books sold by us may contain a line, a phrase, or a sketch that the author has chosen to add. Our signed books are not dedicated to anybody in particular (not to your grandmother, your Aunt Gladys, your ex-lover or your former cellmate), except in the rare case of a presentation copy from an author to a noteworthy person. All our books are hardcover, unless the book is an Advance Reading Copy, Uncorrected Proof, or PBO. You can expect that the books we send you will be as described, and in a physical condition worthy of the author’s having signed them. We do not sell remainder-marked books, signed or otherwise
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