Amos Oz: Scenes From Village Life

Oct 26, 2011

Israeli writer Amos Oz returned to 92nd Street Y on October 26th to read from his new collection of stories, Scenes From Village Life. After the reading, he was interviewed by critic Ruth Franklin, author of A Thousand Darknesses: Lies and Truth in Holocaust Fiction. Today’s featured video is an excerpt from their conversation.

Read Ruth’s post-event thoughts, Should Novels and Politics Mix?, on The New Republic.

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