Judas

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Amos Oz: Judas (2016)

English language

Published Nov. 3, 2016

ISBN:
978-1-78474-050-4
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OCLC Number:
962304660

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Shmuel, a young, idealistic student is drawn to a mysterious handwritten note on a campus noticeboard. This takes him to a strange house, where an elderly invalid man requires a paid companion, to argue with and read to him. But there is someone else in the house, too ...

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I imagine many will feel this book has no 'purpose' but for me that's precisely what this book is about. Shmuel is trying to figure out what he wants to do in life while chipping away at his gigantic thesis about Judas. I shouldn't say more without spoiling the book but I really liked the conversations in the book.

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Subjects

  • Fiction
  • Man-woman relationships
  • Adultery
  • Secrecy

Places

  • Jerusalem
  • Middle East