I am pleased to tell you that The Toby Press has just released 2 Amos Oz titles which have been out of print. These titles are available through Brodart, Baker & Taylor and Ingram as well as Barnes & Noble, Amazon and local bookstores.
Soumchi, ISBN 1592640389, paperback, $7.95 Soumchi is eleven years old, and growing up in British-occupied Jerusalem, just after World War II. His universe is enriched immeasurably when he is given a bicycle, but before he fulfills his dreams of riding into the desert and exploring Africa, he shows his new prize to a friend. Persuaded to swap his bicycle for a new train set, Soumchis series of misadventures begin as he trades away one possession after another but as he imagines ever more colorful ways of escaping his predicament he finds something he never expected his first love. With Soumchi, Oz brings to life a protagonist in the tradition of such memorable scamps as Huckleberry Finn; Soumchi is fresh, funny and always engaging. Unto Death, ISBN 1592640370, paperback, $12.95 Unto Death comprises two novellas by one of Israel's most gifted writers. In "Crusade" and "Late Love" Oz explores the atmosphere of hatred in which Jews live, die, or degenerate into insanity. In "Crusade" a band of Crusaders journeys towards Jerusalem, attacking and killing Jews along the way. Their initial spirit of triumph gives way before depression as disease and deprivation slow their progress. In "Late Love," set in modern-day Israel, an aged lecturer who willingly ignores his deteriorating body cannot ignore his paranoid visions of the destruction of his people by Soviet Russia. Considered to be some of Oz's finest writing, Unto Death has appeared in America, England, France, Finland, Sweden, Spain, Holland, Russia, and Poland. Stuart Schnee The Toby Press LLC <http://www.tobypress.com>www.tobypress.com ========================================================================== HaSafran - The Electronic Forum of the Association of Jewish Libraries Submissions for HaSafran, send to: [EMAIL PROTECTED] SUBscribing, SIGNOFF commands send to: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Questions, problems, complaints, compliments;-) send to: [EMAIL PROTECTED] AJL HomePage http://www.JewishLibraries.org/
