A story of love and darkness
A story of love and darkness (original Hebrew title: סיפור על אהבה וחושך) is a novel by the Israeli author Amos Oz in an autobiographical style .
description
The novel was published in Hebrew in 2002 and as a German edition by Suhrkamp Verlag in 2004 and has since been translated into over 15 languages. The story deals with the childhood of Amos Klausner in Jerusalem during the mandate period and during the founding phase of the State of Israel , his time in Kibbutz Chulda and the family history of his ancestors in pre-war Europe . The paths of his parents and his own cross the Israeli greats, such as Samuel Agnon , Saul Tschernichowski , David Ben Gurion or those of the poet Zelda and his great-uncle Joseph Klausner .
Elias Khoury, a Palestinian lawyer from Jerusalem, whose son George was the victim of an attack in 2004 by Palestinians who mistakenly believed him to be a Jew, paid for the Arabic translation of the book.
filming
The film adaptation of the novel premiered at the Cannes International Film Festival in 2015 . The film is the directorial debut of Natalie Portman , who also plays the lead role.
expenditure
- Amos Oz: A Story of Love and Darkness . Novel. Suhrkamp, Frankfurt am Main 2004, ISBN 978-3-518-41616-7 (Hebrew: ssipur al ahava wechoschech . Translated by Ruth Achlama).
- Amos Oz: A Story of Love and Darkness . Novel. 1st edition. Suhrkamp, Frankfurt am Main 2006, ISBN 978-3-518-45788-7 (Hebrew: ssipur al ahava wechoschech . Translated by Ruth Achlama, paperback).
- Amos Oz: A Story of Love and Darkness . Novel. 9th edition. Suhrkamp, Frankfurt am Main 2008, ISBN 978-3-518-45968-3 (Hebrew: ssipur al ahava wechoschech . Translated by Ruth Achlama, paperback).
Reviews
- Felicitas von Lovenberg : The man who wanted to be a book . In: FAZ from March 25, 2008.
Individual evidence
- ↑ Ethan Bronner: Palestinian Sees Lesson Translating an Israeli's Work . In: The New York Times / Middle East, March 6, 2010, accessed December 31, 2018.
- ↑ Tobias Kniebe: The political is always there . In: Süddeutsche Zeitung of May 19, 2015, accessed on December 31, 2018.
Web links
- Collection of reviews of the book at perlentaucher.de