Panther in the Basement
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Author | Amos Oz |
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Original title | פנתר במרתף |
Country | United States |
Language | English |
Genre | Novel |
Publisher | |
Publication date | October 1, 1998 |
Media type | Print Paperback |
Pages | 160 |
ISBN | 978-0-15-600630-9 |
OCLC | 41331015 |
Panther in the Basement is a 1995 novel by Israeli author Amos Oz, published in English translation in 1998.
Plot[]
Oz's reminiscent novel describes the doings of a twelve-year-old boy in 1947, the last year of the British Mandate of Palestine, during the British–Zionist conflict. Young Proffy has organized a pro-Israel underground cell that proposes to blow up Buckingham Palace or perhaps 10 Downing Street. These heroic dreams are no danger to anybody, but Proffy's friendship with a kindly British soldier causes his two fellow panthers to accuse him of treason.
Film[]
The film The Little Traitor (2007), starring Alfred Molina, is based on the book.
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Categories:
- 20th-century Israeli novels
- 1998 novels
- Novels by Amos Oz
- Fiction set in 1947
- Novels set in Israel
- Israeli novels adapted into films