The Slopes of Lebanon: Essays

By Amos Oz

The celebrated author and peace activist addresses the war in Lebanon and the deep political divides within Israel in these articles and essays.

As well as being one of Israel’s preeminent writers of fiction, Amos Oz was one of the first Israeli voices of conscience to advocate the creation of a Palestinian state. Through his forcefully argued speeches, articles and essays, he was a leading figure of the Peace Now movement since 1977. This superb collection of political writings from 1982 to 1988 showcases Oz’s eloquent insight into the controversies of the time.

In The Slopes of Lebanon, Oz discusses Israel’s offensive into Lebanon; fanaticism of all stripes; the PLO; Israeli terrorism; the new militarism and the growing intolerance toward the Arab population in Israel; Jewish attitudes toward the Holocaust, and its misappropriation by the right and left alike; Claude Lanzmann’s film Shoah; the dream of Zionism and its failures; and much more.

“An interesting, troubling, embittered, passionate, almost - but not quite - disheartened book.” —The New York Times

• Language: English
• Publisher: Open Road Integrated Media
• Release date: Oct 16, 2012
• ISBN: 9780547636948

Amos Oz

AMOS OZ (1939–2018) was born in Jerusalem. He was the recipient of the Prix Femina, the Frankfurt Peace Prize, the Goethe Prize, the Primo Levi Prize, and the National Jewish Book Award, among other international honors. His work, including A Tale of Love and Darkness and In the Land of Israel, has been translated into forty-four languages. 

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[herschelian · Rating: 4 out of 5 stars]

I'd read some of Oz's novels, and thought he was a great writer so I was interested to find out his views on whither Israel. Mind you, this was nearly 20 years ago and given the bloodshed and bitterness in those years I really wish some of his views had been put into practice when he wrote this.