The windows are shuttered at night and the children all understand, accept that Nehi, the Mountain Demon did it all. Goodreads helps you keep track of books you want to read. Matti et Maya, deux jeunes enfants curieux croient pourtant leur institutrice qui leur parle des animaux qui étaient là avant et décident de percer le mystère en s'aventurant dans la forêt interdite. Critiques (51), citations (21), extraits de Soudain dans la forêt profonde de Amos Oz. They must work on more than one level: they must include interesting characters and a fast-paced plot to keep children interested; a moral a child can identify, and often there is a third layer - a moral lesson for adults to dig into in more detail, a take-away life lesson, for lack of a better term, to keep the story compelling enough to keep the adult reader reading.One of the most beautiful fairy tales that I have ever read and I have read quite a few. It is listed as suitable for upper elementary, but I know very few children that age, or even teens, who would stick with it long enough to get to the point. She loves the book--I think the mystery and strangeness of the fable and the poetry of the language appeal to her. Overtime their wonderment leads to curiosity and that leads to action.
He was regarded as Israel's most famous living author.Amos Oz (Hebrew: עמוס עוז; born Amos Klausner) was an Israeli writer, novelist, journalist and intellectual.
Matti and Maya, a pair of inseparable young friends, live in a cursed village that was robbed of all of its animal life one dark night by Nehi the mountain demon. The author's name rang a bell for me, and I was intrigued to see that he is, indeed, a famous author. C'est un refuge. One day, two children from the village think that they see a fish. yet, it is very breezy to read and does not reach the cluttered heaviness other philosophical oriented books tend to do.This is a wonderful story, suitable for both children and adults. How is it that a village has no animals? A ces moments-là, son chien, ce cher animal, posait sa tête tiède sur ses genoux et levait vers lui un regard rayonnant d'intelligence, de compassion muette, d'amour et de tristesse.
At one point, there was a clear reference to Persephone, for example. As you would expect from a writer of Oz's caliber, the book reads well from the start: "Emanuella the Teacher described to the class what a bear looks like, how fish breathe, and the kind of sounds a hyena makes at night. Quils ne parlent pas. I don't want to sit there and wonder if I "got" it.
I suppose you could even call this an anti-bullying allegory. A book that takes a few hours to read will reside with you long after the last page. Ça ira. Il est diplômé de littérature et de philosophie de l'université hébraïque de Jérusalem. Soudain dans la forêt profonde est un conte pour enfants et adultes.
Les adultes ont même inventé la mystérieuse créature "Nehi", et ils interdisaient les enfants d'aller dans la forêt. Ils nen disaient mot. Adults refuse to talk about this event, but they can’t help to recall it at times. The intent seems to be fable-like with an underlying moral, but for me it came off as mostly a rather sad, depressing book. "Suddenly in the dephts of the forest" is a fable by the prolific Israeli author Amos Oz.
This is written for young readers and billed as a fable for the younger set, allegory for adult.this is the kind of book in which the meaning , the saying of the book is not in the actions and the happenings, but in the hidden meaning behind them.
I doubt though that the book will be picked up by kids on their own. Only two adults, an old man and a spinster school teacOne of the most beautiful fairy tales that I have ever read and I have read quite a few. He is also a professor of literature at Ben-Gurion University in Be'er Sheva. As you would expect from a writer of Oz's caliber, the book reads well from the start: "Emanuella the Teacher described to the class what a bear looks like, how fish breathe, and the kind of sounds a hyena makes at night.
She also was pleased that the girl character is braver than the boy.
The open ended finish leaves some room for hope, but it's a toss of the dice as to whether or not kids will partA perfectly nice book, though it's one of those translations that sort of fade from your brain mere moments after having finished with it. So, I read the blurb and ended up reading this book. Dans ce village les animaux avaient disparus d'un jour à l'autre pendant la nuit sans que personne ne sache. One of those rare achievements, a profound work of literature that is accessible to both children and adults. So, half-way in, I started skimming through, and I liked it. de deux enfants pour percer le mystère Soudain dans la forêt profonde le bonheur s'est tu, l'obscurité des sarcasmes et des médisances a tapissé le quotidien des villageois, purgé les mémoires des anciens, ternis les avenirs. Emanuella the Teacher knows the truth, but no one will listen to her and over time she falls silent. The older residents of the village remember animals from the childhood, but their children have never seen a live animal. It takes a somewhat heavy-handed look at the dire effects of teasing. Be the first to ask a question about Soudain dans la forêt profonde They are astonished by their finding and decide to venture into the forest in hopes of finding the other animals that were taken from them years before.I got this book as a Christmas present from a dear friend with the dedication *in honor of the fairy tales*.
I know I tend to prefer books to be more straightforward and focused on a story rather than lyrical and deep.
C'étaient des superstitions qu'il fallait rejeter pour reprendre enfin pied dans la réalité, car ceux qui vivent de fantasmes ne sont pas comme tout le monde, et qui n'est pas comme tout le monde attrapera une hennite, on le fuira comme la peste et personne ne pourra rien pour lui. The truth resides in all of us.
Trad. How is it possible that the children in the village have never heard a dog bark, cat meow or goat bleat? They are astonished by their finding and decide to venture into the forest in hopes of finding the other animals that were taken from them years before.I truly enjoyed this book.