Under this Blazing Light

This collection brings together political, personal and literary essays by Israel’s most celebrated living writer. Lively and undogmatic, Oz’s compelling insight makes for consistently stimulating reading, while his commentary on Israel’s cultural and political situation seems more relevant than ever in the light of recent events. These essays, which offer a unique perspective on the author’s own experience and development, will win for Oz new readers, while delighting those already familiar with his writings.

Introduction
1. Events and books
2. Under this blazing light
3. 'Man is the sum total of all the sin and fire pent up in his bones'
4. 'A ridiculous miracle hanging over our heads'
5. The State as reprisal
6. A modest attempt to set out a theory
7. The meaning of homeland
8. The discreet charm of Zionism
9. A. D. Gordon today
10. Thoughts on the kibbutz
11. The kibbutz at the present time
12. How to be a socialist
13. Munia Mandel's secret language
14. Pinchas Lavon
15. The lost garden
16. An autobiographical note
17. An alien city
18. Like a gangster on the night of the long knives, but somewhat in a dream
Notes
Publication history.

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Under this Blazing Light

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