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Scenes from a Village Life

by Amos Oz
Houghton Harcourt. Oct. 2011. 192p. ISBN 9780547483368. $22.
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OrangeReviewStarOdd happenings in Tel Ilan. The mayor's wife vanishes, an old man thinks he hears digging in the night, but so does the young Arab tenant he initially suspected. Renowned Israeli author Oz portrays a town of swank art galleries and abandoned buildings in a novel-in-stories that isn't just about Israel. Don't restrict to fiction-in-translation readers.
Odd happenings in Tel Ilan. The mayor's wife vanishes, an old man thinks he hears digging in the night, but so does the young Arab tenant he initially suspected. Renowned Israeli author Oz portrays a town of swank art galleries and abandoned buildings in a novel-in-stories that isn't just about Israel. Don't restrict to fiction-in-translation readers.
Reviewed by Barbara Hoffert , May 15, 2011
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