| The Heart Is Katmandu Contributor(s): Hoffmann, Yoel (Author), Cole, Peter (Translator) |
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ISBN: 0811216829 ISBN-13: 9780811216821 Publisher: New Directions Publishing Corporation OUR PRICE: $12.56 Product Type: Paperback - Other Formats Published: November 2006 Annotation: "The Heart Is Katmandu" tells a tale of new love--of paradise gained. Set in today's Haifa and presented in 237 dream-like small chapters, it is a book in which shyness and stumbling tenderness emerge triumphant. Poet Peter Cole has made a beautiful translation, capturing Hoffmann's intense and unfathomably original style. A starred "Kirkus Review" acclaimed the novel "Beautiful, humane, priceless." |
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| BISAC Categories: - Fiction | Literary |
| Dewey: FIC |
| Physical Information: 0.43" H x 5.12" W x 7.68" (0.36 lbs) 144 pages |
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| Publisher Description: Set in today's Haifa and presented in 237 dream-like small chapters, it is a book in which shyness and stumbling tenderness emerge triumphant. Poet Peter Cole has made a beautiful translation, capturing Hoffmann's intense and unfathomably original style. A starred Kirkus Review acclaimed the novel Beautiful, humane, priceless. |
Contributor Bio(s): Hoffmann, Yoel: - Yoel Hoffmann was born in Brasow, Romania in 1937. He is presently a citizen of Israel, and is Professor of Eastern Philosophy at the U. of Haifa. He has had a lifelong scholarly engagement with Hebrew literature, Western philosophy, and Japanese Buddhism. His is the winner of the first Koret Jewish Book Award. His books include The Heart is Katmandu, Bernhardt, The Christ of Fish, and Katschen & The Book of Joseph.Cole, Peter: - Peter Cole's previous books of poems include Things on Which I've Stumbled (New Directions). Among his volumes of translation are The Poetry of Kabbalah: Mystical Verse from the Jewish Tradition and The Dream of the Poem: Hebrew Poetry from Muslim and Christian Spain, 950-1492. Cole, who divides his time between Jerusalem and New Haven, was named a MacArthur Fellow in 2007. |