Judas
Amos Oz
Judas won the International Literature Prize and was an international bestseller. Jerusalem, 1959. Shmuel Ash, a biblical scholar, is adrift in his young life when he finds work as a caregiver for a brilliant but cantankerous old man named Gershom Wald. There is, however, a third, mysterious presence in his new home. Atalia Abravanel, the daughter of a deceased Zionist leader, a beautiful woman in her forties, entrances young Shmuel even as she keeps him at a distance. Piece by piece, the old Jerusalem stone house, haunted by tragic history and now home to the three misfits and their intricate relationship, reveals its secrets. At once an exquisite love story and a coming-of-age novel, an allegory for the state of Israel and for the biblical tale from which it draws its title, Judas is one of Amos Oz's most powerful novels.
Buy this book at Amazon- Publisher
- Chatto & Windus
- Year
- 2016
- ISBN-13
- 9780544547452
- Genre
- Fiction
- Topics
- Coming of ageZionism and Israeli identityLove and isolation
Awards
- International Booker PrizeShortlistedMajor(2017)
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