{"product_id":"judas","title":"Judas","description":"\u003cstrong\u003eINTERNATIONAL BESTSELLER and winner of the International Literature Prize. At once an exquisite love story and a coming-of-age novel, an allegory for the state of Israel and for the biblical tale from which it draws its title, \u003cem\u003eJudas\u003c\/em\u003e is one of Amos Oz's most powerful novels.\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eJerusalem, 1959. Shmuel Ash, a biblical scholar, is adrift in his young life when he finds work as a caregiver for a brilliant but cantankerous old man named Gershom Wald. There is, however, a third, mysterious presence in his new home. Atalia Abravanel, the daughter of a deceased Zionist leader, a beautiful woman in her forties, entrances young Shmuel even as she keeps him at a distance. Piece by piece, the old Jerusalem stone house, haunted by tragic history and now home to the three misfits and their intricate relationship, reveals its secrets. \u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\"[A] magnificent novel . . . Oz pitches the book's heartbreak and humanism perfectly from first page to last.\"--\u003cem\u003eNew York Times Book Review \u003c\/em\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\"Scintillating . . . An old-fashioned novel of ideas that is strikingly and compellingly modern.\"--\u003cem\u003eObserver \u003c\/em\u003e\u003cbr\u003e \u003cbr\u003e\"Oz has written one of the most triumphant novels of his career.\"--\u003cem\u003eForward \u003c\/em\u003e \u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\"A [big] beautiful novel . . . Funny, wise, and provoking.\"--\u003cem\u003eTimes \u003c\/em\u003e(UK)\u003cem\u003e \u003c\/em\u003e","brand":"Harpervia","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":51947269456103,"sku":"9781328745491","price":17.99,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0449\/4075\/5096\/files\/imageloader_0f3873d9-7cb4-4b81-b8b8-749bba313b5b.jpg?v=1775485547","url":"https:\/\/arvidabookco.com\/products\/judas","provider":"Arvida Book Co.","version":"1.0","type":"link"}