Amos Oz – Fima
June 6, 2008
You can say that Amos Oz is a moralist who can describe tragedy of feelings, history and complicated paradoxes of life. It`s very possible that “Fima” is firstly a unique satire about Israel from late 80s, secondly with schlemiel as its main hero. Schlemiel, this eternal smack who is always spilling out the tea, that we already know from different novels, fits perfectly to this kind of literary games. Fima dreamt up that he`s Israel`s prime minister and has difficulties in finding the right person for the right position in his government. Of course, this problem appears when the other obstacles go away. Those “other” are mostly women who are very attracted by him. He doesn`t know if it`s because they love him or feel sorry for him or maybe because of his poetical past. As a result he tries to make all their wishes and desires come true what causes even bigger problems.
Summarized by Fusinha