Israeli Stories
A Selection of the Best Contemporary Hebrew Writing
$35.99
- Paperback
260 pages
- Release Date
13 January 1965
Summary
A selection of the Best Writing in Israel Today
Edited by Joel Blocker, introduction by Robert Alter
The present volume of Israeli stories reassuringly illustrates the other half of a frequently asserted half-truth. Modern Hebrew literature, it is claimed, liked Yiddish literature, does not really share the large concerns of serious literary activity in the West. The Hebrew writer ordinarily does not address himself to the human situation with all of its far-reaching possibili…
Book Details
| ISBN-13: | 9780805201086 |
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| ISBN-10: | 0805201084 |
| Author: | Joel Blocker |
| Publisher: | Random House USA Inc |
| Imprint: | Random House Inc |
| Format: | Paperback |
| Number of Pages: | 260 |
| Release Date: | 13 January 1965 |
| Weight: | 343g |
| Dimensions: | 19mm x 140mm x 216mm |
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Critics Review
“These stories, with the excellent commentary, are a moving and … eloquent literary record of an emerging society.” - Saturday Review
“These stories, with the excellent commentary, are a moving and … eloquent literary record of an emerging society.”
—Saturday Review
“The stories are uniformly good, able to stand comparison with the best being done anywhere today.”
—Library Journal
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