Fima by Amos Oz
Fima, our eponymous hero, is a receptionist at a gynaecology clinic. A preposterous, yet curiously attractive figure, he spends his hours fantasising about solving the nation's problems and pursuing women with equivocal success.
Fima
Summary
Fima, our eponymous hero, is a receptionist at a gynaecology clinic. A preposterous, yet curiously attractive figure, he spends his hours fantasising about solving the nation's problems and pursuing women with equivocal success.
Fima Summary
Fima Reviews
There is no novelist writing today who catches the feeling of the moment more surely than Amos Oz * Scotsman *
The book eavesdrops on several days in the life of this Jewish Walter Mitty, a Dostoevskian holy fool minus the faith, with the penchant for casuistic sophistry of Bellow's Herzog * Sunday Telegraph *
This might turn out to be the first entry into Israel's post-war literary canon * Independent *
A warm, enhancing experience * Spectator *
A thinking woman's Billy Liar * Observer *
The book eavesdrops on several days in the life of this Jewish Walter Mitty, a Dostoevskian holy fool minus the faith, with the penchant for casuistic sophistry of Bellow's Herzog * Sunday Telegraph *
This might turn out to be the first entry into Israel's post-war literary canon * Independent *
A warm, enhancing experience * Spectator *
A thinking woman's Billy Liar * Observer *
About Amos Oz
Born in Jerusalem in 1939, Amos Oz was the internationally acclaimed author of many novels and essay collections, translated into over forty languages, including his brilliant semi-autobiographical work, A Tale of Love and Darkness. His last novel, Judas, was shortlisted for the Man Booker International Prize 2017 and won the Yasnaya Polyana Foreign Fiction Award. He received several international awards, including the Prix Femina, the Israel Prize, the Goethe Prize, the Frankfurt Peace Prize and the 2013 Franz Kafka Prize. He died in December 2018.
Additional information
GOR004339637
9780099933601
0099933608
Fima by Amos Oz
Used - Very Good
Paperback
Vintage Publishing
19941020
304
N/A
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