A snapshot of Israel and the West Bank in the 1980s, through the voices of its inhabitants, from the National Jewish Book Awardâwinning author of Judas.
Notebook in hand, renowned author and onetime kibbutznik Amos Oz traveled throughout his homeland to talk with peopleâworkers, soldiers, religious zealots, aging pioneers, desperate Arabs, visionariesâasking them questions about Israelâs past, present, and future. Observant or secular, rich or poor, native-born or new immigrant, they shared their points of view, memories, hopes, and fears, and Oz recorded them.
What emerges is a distinctive portrait of a changing nation and a complex society, supplemented by Ozâs own observations and reflections, that reflects an insiderâs view of a country still forming its own identity. In the Land of Israel is âan exemplary instance of a writer using his craft to come to grips with what is happening politically and to illuminate certain aspects of Israeli society that have generally been concealed by polemical formulasâ (The New York Times).
