Between Friends

InBetweenFriends,AmosOzreturnstothekibbutzofthelate1950s,thetimeandplacewherehiswritingbegan.Theseeightinterconnectedstories,setinthefictitiousKibbutzYekhat,drawmasterlyprofilesofidealisticmenandwomenenduringpersonalhardshipsintheshadowofoneofthegreatestcollectivedreamsofthetwentiethcentury.Adevotedfatherwhofailstochallengehisdaughter’slover,anoldfriend,amanhisownage;anelderlygardenerwhocarriesonhisshouldersthesorrowsoftheworld;awomanwritingpoignantletterstoherhusband’smistress—amidthismotleygroupofpeople,amannamedMartinattemptstoteacheveryoneEsperanto.Eachofthesestoriesisaluminoushumanandliterarystudy;togethertheyofferaneloquentportraitofanideaandofachargedandfascinatingepoch.AmosOzathome.Andathisbest.