A teenage son shoots himself under his parents' bed. As each story unfolds, Amos Oz, builds a portrait of a village in Israel. In this powerful, hynotic work Amos Oz peers into the darkness of our lives and gives us a glimpse of what goes on beneath the surface of everyday existence.

A teenage son shoots himself under his parents' bed. As each story unfolds, Amos Oz, builds a portrait of a village in Israel. In this powerful, hynotic work Amos Oz peers into the darkness of our lives and gives us a glimpse of what goes on beneath the surface of everyday existence.