Touch the Water, Touch the Wind

Amos Oz author

Format:Paperback

Publisher:Vintage Publishing

Published:20th Aug '92

Currently unavailable, and unfortunately no date known when it will be back

Touch the Water, Touch the Wind cover

'Beautiful and evocative' - Daily Telegraph

As the Germans advance into Poland in 1939, Elisha Pomeranz, a Jewish mathematician and watchmaker, escapes into the wintry forest, leaving behind his beautiful, intelligent wife, Stefa.

As the Germans advance into Poland in 1939, Elisha Pomeranz, a Jewish mathematician and watchmaker, escapes into the wintry forest, leaving behind his beautiful, intelligent wife, Stefa.

After the war, having evaded the concentration camps, they begin to build new lives - Stefa in Stalin's Russia and Elisha in Israel, where, as they seek their reunion, another war is brewing.

An outstandingly rich book... a pleasure to read * Times Literary Supplement *
A mixture of fantasy, history, grimness and humour... often beautiful * Glasgow Herald *
A lavishly gifted writer' * New York Times *

ISBN: 9780099817505

Dimensions: 198mm x 129mm x 13mm

Weight: 149g

208 pages