
Understanding Women (amos Oz)
About This Novel
Early in the morning in Jerusalem, my wife was electrocuted to death while hugging her male neighbor. Rumors spread among the neighbors that Israeli agent Joel decided to retire early, take his daughter with mild epilepsy away from the place of trouble, and invited his mother and mother-in-law to live with him. The sudden change in lifestyle left him at a loss. Recalling the past, the former agent was shocked to realize that the wife he once thought he was so familiar with turned out to be the biggest mystery in his heart; he took the initiative to take on household chores, but he was constantly at odds with the women... The secret service called again, and Joel flatly refused for the sake of his family, thus escaping the fatal trap. After escaping from death, he began to examine his own heart, tried to understand women, and embraced and experienced new life.
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