In poems marked by tenderness and mischief, humanity and humor, Yehuda Amichai breaks open the grand diction of revered Jewish verses and casts the light of his own experi ence upon them. Here he tells of history, a nation, the self, love, and resurrection. Amichai's last volume is one of medi tation and hope, and stands as a testament to one of Israel's greatest poets.Open closed open. Before we are born, everything is open
in the universe without us. For as long as we live, everything is closed
within us. And when we die, everything is open again.
Open closed open. That's all we are.
--from "I WASN'T ONE OF THE SIX MILLION:
AND WHAT IS MY LIFE SPAN? OPEN CLOSED OPEN"
- ISBN10 0156030500
- ISBN13 9780156030502
- Publish Date 1 November 2006 (first published 1 April 2000)
- Publish Status Active
- Publish Country US
- Publisher Cengage Learning, Inc
- Imprint Wadsworth Publishing Co Inc
- Format Paperback (US Trade)
- Pages 204
- Language English