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Hebrew literature
S.Y. Agnon.
The Same Sea (1999), a work by the Israeli author Amos Oz, is characterized as an unconventional novel that explores themes of love, family, and loss.12
Rather than adhering to a single traditional format, the book is written in a mixture of poetry and prose. This stylistic choice allows the narrative to move fluidly between these two modes of expression, blending the lyrical qualities of verse with the narrative structure of a novel to depict the complexities of its characters' lives.2