A book by an Israeli author was chosen by a German publishing company as one of the 100 great novels of the 20th century, Israel Radio reported Wednesday. Amos Oz said Bertelsmann’s citation for his work “My Michael” was a tremendous honor both for himself and for 20th century Hebrew literature.
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