Between Friends

Eight interlinked family dramas set on an Israeli kibbutz from the masterful storyteller behind A Tale of Love and Darkness


-On the kibbutz it-s hard to know. We-re all supposed to be friends but very few really are-

Ariella, unhappy in love, confides in the woman whose husband she stole.

Nahum, a devoted father, can-t find the words to challenge his daughter-s promiscuous lover.

The old idealists deplore the apathy of the young, while the young are so used to kibbutz life that they can-t work out if they-re impassioned or indifferent.

In this short story collection Amos Oz reveals the secrets and frustrations of the human heart

-Lucid and heartbreaking- Guardian