Between Friends: Amos Oz

`On the kibbutz it`s hard to know. We`re all supposed to be friends but very few really are`

Ariella, unhappy in love, confides in the woman whose husband she stole.

Nahum, a devoted father, can`t find the words to challenge his daughter`s promiscuous lover.

The old idealists deplore the apathy of the young, while the young are so used to kibbutz life that they can`t work out if they`re impassioned or indifferent.

In this short story collection Amos Oz reveals the secrets and frustrations of the human heart