| You Who Cross My Path Contributor(s): Bitton, Erez (Author), Keller, Tsipi (Translator), Hirsch, Eli (Introduction by) |
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ISBN: 1938160878 ISBN-13: 9781938160875 Publisher: BOA Editions OUR PRICE: $14.40 Product Type: Paperback - Other Formats Published: November 2015 |
| Additional Information |
| BISAC Categories: - Poetry | Middle Eastern - Poetry | African |
| Dewey: 892.416 |
| LCCN: 2015019573 |
| Physical Information: 0.7" H x 5.9" W x 8.9" (0.80 lbs) 200 pages |
| Themes: - Cultural Region - Middle East - Cultural Region - African - Topical - Physically Challenged |
| Descriptions, Reviews, Etc. |
| Publisher Description: This first U.S. publication of Erez Bitton, one of Israel's most celebrated poets, recalls the fate of Moroccan Jewish culture with poems both evocative and pure. Considered the founding father of Mizrahi Israeli poetry, a major tradition in the history of Hebrew poetry, Bitton's bilingual collection dramatically expands the scope of biographical experience and memory, ultimately resurrecting a vanishing world and culture. Preliminary Background Words My mother my mother from a village of shrubs green of a different green. From a bird's nest producing milk sweeter than sweet. From a nightingale's cradle of a thousand Arabian nights. My mother my mother who staved off evil with her middle fingers with beating her chest on behalf of all mothers. My father my father who delved into worlds who sanctified the Sabbath with pure Araq who was most practiced in synagogue traditions. And I-- |