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The Resource To know a woman, Amos Oz ; translated from the Hebrew by Nicholas de Lange in collaboration with the author

To know a woman, Amos Oz ; translated from the Hebrew by Nicholas de Lange in collaboration with the author

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Summary: Following the bizarre accidental death of his wife, Yoel Ravid retires to the suburbs with his daughter, mother and mother-in-law. After a lifetime of uncovering other peoples secrets he is forced to look back at his own lies.

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Summary: Following the bizarre accidental death of his wife, Yoel Ravid retires to the suburbs with his daughter, mother and mother-in-law. After a lifetime of uncovering other peoples secrets he is forced to look back at his own lies.

Summary expansion: `A writer of revelatory genius' GuardianFollowing the bizarre accidental death of his wife, Israeli secret service agent Yoel Ravid retires to the suburbs with his daughter, mother and mother-in-law. After a lifetime of uncovering other people's secrets he is forced to look back at the lies he has told himself; at the desolate enigma of his wife's life and death; his years of service to the state and the riddle of his daughter's behaviour.`Humorous, melancholy and touching' New York Times