So Many Warm Words

Selections from the Poetry of Rosa Nevadovska - A bilingual edition of Yiddish poems

von

Nevadovska, Rosa

BuchKartoniert, Paperback

122 Seiten

Englisch

Ben Yehuda Presserschienen am05.09.2024

Step into the vivid, unsettled, and sometimes lonely life of the poet Rosa Nevadoska. With a strong foundation in Jewish and Russian education, her deep intellectual hunger pulled her from her native Bialystok toward studies in Ghent, Brussels, Berlin, and Paris. Ultimately, during the time between the wars, she immigrated to the United States.Nevadovska's first publications were in Russian. Then came her Yiddish works. Here, in So Many Warm Words, in English translation as well as the original Yiddish, you can see the world through her eyes, in poignant, at times heartbreaking, images. Walk with her through indelible scenes of quiet despair. Share her wonder at the mysteries of night and silence.Nevadoska writes, "No thing is silent./ Everything possesses a voice." The immediacy of these poems will transport you as she shares the voices of city, mountain and sea; of joy, sorrow and yearning.mehr

Auf dieser Seite:

EUR17,10

In den Warenkorb

Produkt

KlappentextStep into the vivid, unsettled, and sometimes lonely life of the poet Rosa Nevadoska. With a strong foundation in Jewish and Russian education, her deep intellectual hunger pulled her from her native Bialystok toward studies in Ghent, Brussels, Berlin, and Paris. Ultimately, during the time between the wars, she immigrated to the United States.Nevadovska's first publications were in Russian. Then came her Yiddish works. Here, in So Many Warm Words, in English translation as well as the original Yiddish, you can see the world through her eyes, in poignant, at times heartbreaking, images. Walk with her through indelible scenes of quiet despair. Share her wonder at the mysteries of night and silence.Nevadoska writes, "No thing is silent./ Everything possesses a voice." The immediacy of these poems will transport you as she shares the voices of city, mountain and sea; of joy, sorrow and yearning.

Details

ISBN/GTIN978-1-963475-26-5

ProduktartBuch

EinbandartKartoniert, Paperback

Verlag

Ben Yehuda Press

Erscheinungsjahr2024

Erscheinungsdatum05.09.2024

ReiheJewish Poetry Project

Seiten122 Seiten

SpracheEnglisch

MasseBreite 140 mm, Höhe 216 mm, Dicke 8 mm