The Same Sea, Amos Oz
The Same Sea, Amos Oz
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The Same Sea

Author: Amos Oz, Nicholas de Lange

Narrator: Elijah Alexander

Unabridged: 4 hr 14 min

Format: Digital Audiobook Download

Published: 12/06/2016

Synopsis

The Same Sea is Amos Oz’s most adventurous and inventive book, a novel of lyrical beauty and narrative power and the book by which he would like to be remembered. We meet the middle-aged Albert; his wife, whom he has lost to cancer; his prodigal son, who wanders the mountains of Tibet hoping to find himself; and his son’s enticing young girlfriend, with whom Albert becomes infatuated and who in turn sleeps with her boyfriend’s close friend. In this human profusion is a fever dream of chaos and order, love and eroticism, loyalty and betrayal, and ultimately an extraordinary energy.

About Amos Oz

Amos Oz (1939–2018) was an Israeli journalist and author of acclaimed fiction, nonfiction, and short stories who was called one of “Israel’s most prolific writers and respected intellectuals” by the New York Times. He was awarded many honors, including the Franz Kafka Prize, the Peace Prize of the German Book Trade, France’s the Legion of Honor award, the Israel Prize, the Goethe Prize, the Prince of Asturias Award in Literature, and the Heinrich Heine Prize, among others.

About Nicholas de Lange

Nicholas de Lange is a professor at the University of Cambridge and a renowned translator. He has translated Amos Oz’s work since the 1960s.

About Elijah Alexander

Elijah Alexander has worked professionally as an actor for over fifteen years. He has worked and lived in New York, where he performed in numerous productions, including the Tony Award–winning play Metamorphoses. He worked with the Royal Shakespeare Company for two years and the Oregon Shakespeare Festival for two seasons, as well as regionally at various other theaters. In Los Angeles, he has worked on critically acclaimed productions of Sleuth, produced by Garry Marshall, and other works. His film and television credits include Mr. and Mrs. Smith, Emily’s Reasons Why Not, JAG, Summerland, So NoTORIous, and Guiding Light. He was the voice of Vayne Solidor in Final Fantasy XII and has done several commercial voiceovers. He is currently the voice of Kenmore and has narrated more than ten audiobooks, including James Jones’ acclaimed novel From Here to Eternity.

Reviews

Goodreads review by Carla on January 05, 2015

Um romance que é um imenso poema de vozes que se entrelaçam, de vidas arrebatadas por outras vidas e pela morte, de recordações, de procura e de encontro… e de perda. Amos Oz edifica “O Mesmo Mar” a partir de fragmentos de alma, de cintilações mudas, de ausências presentes, de epopeias interiores e......more

Goodreads review by Milly on July 19, 2020

Una belleza belleza de libro. Para una tarde de domingo, fría y melancólica. Para recuperar a ese Amos Oz tan cálido. Tan él.......more

Quotes

“In a world full of hype, noise, and confusion, the simple lucidity of The Same Sea is totally unexpected.” New York Times Book Review

“A prose poem…At once melancholic and sensual.” New Yorker

“This lovely, lyrical territory, irrigated by numerous streams of consciousness, reminded me of some of the great things a novel can do.” Chicago Tribune

“Wise and affecting.” Guardian (London)

“A book of classic resonance and haunting literary beauty.” Publishers Weekly

“Oz takes a fresh tack in this searching playlike tale told alternately in radiant verse and meditative prose.” Booklist

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