#amosoz

“I libri, loro non ti abbandonano mai. Tu sicuramente li abbandoni di tanto in tanto, i libri, magari li tradisci anche, loro invece non ti voltano mai le spalle: nel più completo silenzio e con immensa umiltà, loro ti aspettano sullo scaffale” #libri #amosoz #storiadamoreeditenebra #admont #biblioteca #benedettini #europa (presso Stiftsbibliothek Admont) https://www.instagram.com/p/CRXXF3arH9B/?utm_medium=tumblr

Mental illness is cruel. It takes away a chunk of our souls and as if it weren’t enough it also sucks an incredible amount of mental and physical energy from the people closest to us. This is one of the many messages of one of the best books I’ve read this year: A Tale of Love and Darkness by the brilliant Israeli Amos Oz.  ***SPOILER ALERT*** The book talks about many other things too: all the suffering the Jewish people have been facing for thousands of years. People without a “home” is more vulnerable to abuses. The creation of the state of Israel. The sweet narration by the Author of his childhood memories. The first time he falls in love. The difficulties of being an introspective and only child. The small pleasures of a kid’s life such as eating ice cream. He also has the courage of admitting, thorough a lot of sarcasm and humor, that his people and society are also not perfect. But from all things, the one which most touched me was the evolution of his mother’s depression over time. She bravely fought for years against anti-semitism, chauvinism and oppression, only to find out in the end that her greatest enemy was none of those. I can’t imagine how much that woman must have suffered living with an illness, in a time when very little was known about it. An illness that until these days is surrounded by tabus and prejudice. An illness that not only brings much pain but also shame and guilt to its victims. An illness that can kill if not suddenly and on purpose, also little by little as the sufferer withers day after day sometimes without even noticing.  By the end of the book I cried, not only for his mother, but also for himself for only the ones who are or have been in their shoes know how much it hurts. P.S. @mariadecesari , have you finished this one? .
. #amosoz #books #book #goodreads #bookworm #biography #autobiography #stories #writer #reading #bookrecommendations #israel #bookstagram #storytelling #storyteller (at Husberg, Schleswig-Holstein, Germany) https://www.instagram.com/p/CByRgoZhdmK/?igshid=1scmslnmy32f6

Amos Oz - Una storia di amore e di tenebra

“O castigo dos céticos é sempre duvidar, e duvidar até mesmo das dúvidas que eles próprios impõem. É o castigo dos desconfiados é suspeitar de tudo, dia e noite. Suspeitar até de si mesmos e das próprias suspeitas.” pág 129-130 do livro De repente, nas profundezas do bosque. Amós Oz # literatura #amosoz #amósoz #dicadeleitura #livros #livrosmaislivros https://www.instagram.com/p/B-SxLinHjj5/?igshid=fxj1uklpvaau

Este #año leí 13 #libros 😁 Y el que más les puedo recomendar es "Una historia de amor y oscuridad" de #AmosOz https://www.instagram.com/p/B6tcwESg7nk/?igshid=v6w5j6ly3a1e

Amos Oz - Tocca l'acqua, tocca il vento.