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Novelist Amos Oz on the Gulf War's Impact on Israel and Palestine

Oz talks about the postwar discussions toward an end to the Israeli-Palestinian conflict. He and Terry also discuss Oz's latest novel, "To Know A Woman."

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Other segments from the episode on March 8, 1991

Fresh Air with Terry Gross, March 8, 1991: Interview with Amos Oz; Interview with Stephan Salisbury, John Truscott, and Martha Shea; Review of the film "The Doors."

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Novelist Amos Oz on His Love of Literature and Peace

Oz is a veteran of the Six-Day War in 1967 and the Yom Kippur War in 1973, and is a leading activist for peace between the Arabs and the Israelis. He's written his 11th novel, "Don't Call it Night." Oz received the German Publishers Peace Prize in 1992. Terry will also talk with him about the latest violence in the Middle East.

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Israeli Peace Activist and Novelist Amos Oz.

Israeli peace activist and novelist Amos Oz. He lived on a kibbutz for many years and is a veteran of the Six-Day War in 1967 and the Yom Kippur War in 1973. Oz is a leading acivist for peace between the Arabs and the Israelis. His new book is called "Fima" (Harcourt Brace), he has written eleven novels in all. Amos Oz received the German Publishers Peace Prize in 1992.

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