Description:
The Same Sea is Amos Oz's most adventurous and inventive book, a novel of lyrical beauty and narrative power and the book by which he would like to be remembered. We meet the middle-aged Albert; his wife, whom he has lost to cancer; his prodigal son, who wanders the mountains of Tibet hoping to find himself; and his son's enticing young girlfriend, with whom Albert becomes infatuated and who in turn sleeps with her boyfriend's close friend.
In this human profusion is a fever dream of chaos and order, love and eroticism, loyalty and betrayal, and ultimately an extraordinary energy.
Brief description:
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.
Review Quotes:
"In a world full of hype, noise, and confusion, the simple lucidity of The Same Sea is totally unexpected."
-- "New York Times Book Review"