Unlike his older sister Fania and himself, he added, “Our middle sister, Galia, remembers being through harsh and violent parenting through our father. I am sure – that is, I know – there is some truth in her words. Don’t erase her. But don’t erase us either. We too have a voice and our voice comes from the bottom of our soul. “
Amos Oz has long been considered a giant of modern Hebrew literature. He started storytelling in his early twenties and published more than a dozen novels, as well as collections of short fiction, works of non-fiction and many essays.
An idealist, he changed his original surname, Klausner, to Oz, Hebrew for courage, when he left his suffocating childhood home in Jerusalem for a life in the kibbutz. The pioneering characters of the socialist kibbutz movement are said to reside in some of his novels. His work has been translated into more than 35 languages.
Galia Oz’s book has disrupted Israel’s literary world, casting a shadow over her father’s legacy at a time when a new social consciousness has cast lowly flawed cultural figures in the United States, France, and other places around the world. Ms Oz herself referred to the #MeToo movement, writing, “Houses like the one I grew up in somehow float in space, far beyond the reach of social workers, beyond the reach of the influence of revolutions such as MeToo, without a mark in the social networks. “
The first consequences were intense. Mrs. Oz-Salzberger wrote that critics had branded her on social media as evil, manipulative, a liar and a Nazi enabler. Right-wing Israelis gloat over what they see as the exposure of a liberal left-wing hero. The family has also received statements of support.
In another passionate Facebook post, Ms. Oz-Salzberger’s son, Dean Maccabbi Salzberger, wrote, “Finally, I have a smart comment on all of this. If you have family estrangement, muddy relationships, years of leftovers, for whatever reason, do whatever you can to fix it. I don’t know how to fix things on your end, only you know. (Every family is different. Yes, yes, even happy families). “
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