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Set in a small Israeli settlement in the desert during the summer of 1989, a novel follows the difficult romance between a sixty-year-old engineer and a schoolteacher fifteen years his junior
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A New York Times Notable Book of the Year 'A rich symphony of humanity . . . If Oz's eye for detail is enviable, it is his magnanimity which raises him to the first rank of world authors.' 'Sunday Telegraph (UK) At Tel-Kedar, a settlement in the Negev desert, the longtime love affair between Theo, a sixty-year-old civil engineer, and Noa, a young schoolteacher, is slowly disintegrating. When a pupil dies under difficult circumstances, the couple and the entire town are thrown into turmoil. Amos Oz explores with brilliant insight the possibilities'and limits'of love and tolerance. 'Vivid, convincing, and haunting.' 'New York Times Book Review
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