One of Amos Oz’s earliest and most famous novels, My Michael was a sensation upon its initial publication in 1968 and established Oz as a writer of international acclaim. Like all great
books, it has an enduring power to surprise and mesmerize.
Set in 1950s Jerusalem, My Michael is the story of a remote and intense woman named Hannah Gonen and her marriage to a decent but unremarkable man named Michael. As the years pass and
Hannah’s tempestuous fantasy life encroaches on reality, she feels increasingly estranged from him, and the marriage gradually disintegrates.
Gorgeously written and profoundly moving, this extraordinary novel is at once a haunting love story and a rich, reflective portrait of a place.
Editorial Reviews
Editorial Reviews
“My Michael is a beautiful work of great depth and in some in some indescribable way lingers in the mind as a lyric song to his country’s people as much as a moving love story.” —Arthur Miller
“A modern Israeli Madame Bovary…distinguished by its warmth, its lyricism, and remarkable technical control.” —New York Times
“A sensitive, meticulously written novel which reveals a great deal about what it is to be an Israeli.” —Times (London)
“A dazzling, very beautiful, splendidly conceived and composed book.” —New York Review of Books
“A remarkable, percipient picture of the nature of women.” —A. S. Byatt, author of Peacock & Vine
Amos Oz (1939–2018) was an Israeli journalist and author of acclaimed fiction, nonfiction, and short stories who was called one of “Israel’s most prolific writers and respected
intellectuals” by the New York Times. He was awarded many honors, including the Franz Kafka Prize, the Peace Prize of the German Book Trade, France’s the Legion of Honor award, the Israel
Prize, the Goethe Prize, the Prince of Asturias Award in Literature, and the Heinrich Heine Prize, among others.
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