My Michael
- ISBN-10
- 000613744X
- ISBN-13
- 9780006137443
- Series
- My Michael
- Category
- Hebrew fiction
- Pages
- 224
- Language
- English
- Published
- 1975
- Publisher
- Fontana Press
- Authors
- Nicholas de Lange, Amos Oz
Description
One of Amos Oz's earliest and most famous novels, My Michael created 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 tells 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 upon 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 place.
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