{"product_id":"unto-death-crusade-and-late-love-9780156931700","title":"Unto Death: Crusade and Late Love","description":"\"Brilliant and insistent . . . The prose is sharp as a cameo, simple yet compelling, smoky, precise, lustrous, eerie.\" --\u003cem\u003e Boston Sunday Globe\u003c\/em\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e Here Amos Oz captures the atmosphere of hatred in which Jews have lived, died, and struggled for understanding. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e In \u003cem\u003eCrusade\u003c\/em\u003e, a band of soldiers journeys toward the Holy Land, killing any Jews they encounter; but soon the Crusaders face their own reckoning, as disease and deprivation take their toll. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cem\u003eLate Love\u003c\/em\u003e portrays an aged lecturer in modern Israel with paranoid visions of the destruction of his people at the hands of the Soviets. He is out of touch with a younger and saner generation, but knows they must be warned. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \"Powerfully written, with subtlety and flagrance delicately balanced.\" -- \u003cem\u003eAustin American-Statesman\u003c\/em\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eAbout the Author\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003e\u003ci\u003ede Lange, Nicholas:\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e - \u003cp\u003eNICHOLAS DE LANGE is a professor at the University of Cambridge and a renowned translator. He has translated Amos Oz's work since the 1960s.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cb\u003e\u003ci\u003eOz, Amos:\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e - \u003cp\u003eAMOS 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 \u003ci\u003eA Tale of Love and Darkness\u003c\/i\u003e and \u003ci\u003eIn the Land of Israel\u003c\/i\u003e, has been translated into forty-four languages. \u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Houghton Mifflin","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":50692615110930,"sku":"9780156931700","price":11.99,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0831\/4771\/8930\/files\/img_5683e1a6-d6cf-45fd-9e30-2ce19ba5c43a.jpg?v=1734129473","url":"https:\/\/surprise-castle.myshopify.com\/products\/unto-death-crusade-and-late-love-9780156931700","provider":"Surprise Castle","version":"1.0","type":"link"}