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Fima

byAmos Oz

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Fima, our eponymous hero, is a receptionist at a gynaecology clinic. A preposterous, yet curiously attractive figure, he spends his hours fantasising about solving the nation's problems and pursuing women with equivocal success.

There is no novelist writing today who catches the feeling of the moment more surely than Amos Oz

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About Amos Oz

Born in Jerusalem in 1939, Amos Oz was the internationally acclaimed author of many novels and essay collections, translated into over forty languages, including his brilliant semi-autobiographical work, A Tale of Love and Darkness. His last novel, Judas, was shortlisted for the Man Booker International Prize 2017 and won the Yasnaya Polyana Foreign Fiction Award. He received several international awards, including the Prix Femina, the Israel Prize, the Goethe Prize, the Frankfurt Peace Prize and the 2013 Franz Kafka Prize. He died in December 2018.
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  • Imprint: Vintage
  • ISBN: 9780099933601
  • Length: 304 pages
  • Dimensions: 198mm x 19mm x 129mm
  • Weight: 244g
  • Price: £9.99
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