Open Closed Open: Poems - Softcover

Amichai, Yehuda

Softcover

ISBN 10: 0156030500 ISBN 13: 9780156030502

Publisher: Ecco Press, 2006

Synopsis

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"

About this title

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Title: Open Closed Open( Poems) <>Binding: Paperback <>Author: YehudaAmichai <>Publisher: HarvestBooks

Review:

"He is one of our great poets . . . once one has heard his quiet, even tones, precise, distanced and passionate, one never forgets them."-The Times Literary Supplement "Open Closed Open is the uncanny record of genuine inspiration. Happy is the man who has so much in his soul."-Leon Wieseltier "Poets have always talked reverently about unlocking the human heart, but when "I read Amichai I wonder who before him actually managed it."-Ted Hughes

About this edition

• Publisher: Ecco Press
• Publication date: 2006
• ISBN 10: 0156030500
• ISBN 13: 9780156030502
• Binding: Paperback
• Number of pages: 204