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On The Slaughter
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The First Comprehensive English Translation Of A RussianJewish MasterS Poetry, From The Fiery Poems He Wrote In The Wake Of The Pogroms Of The Early 20Th Century To His Sublime Lyrics About Longing And SelfReflection.On The Slaughter, Named For BialikS Most Famous Poem, Also Includes A Sample Of The PoetS Work For Children And An Impassioned Introduction By The CollectionS Translator, Macarthur Winner Peter Cole.Few Poets In The History Of Hebrew Have Possessed The Power And Prescience Of Hayim Nahman Bialik. Born In 1873 In A Small Ukrainian Village, He Spent His Most Productive Years In Odessa And In His Fifties Made His Way To British Mandatory Palestine. He Died In Vienna In 1934.BialikS Body Of Work Opened A Path From The Traditional Jewish World Of Eastern Europe Into A More Expansive Jewish Humanism. In A Line That Stretches Back To The Bible And The Hebrew Poetry Of Muslim And Christian Spain, He Stands OutIn The Words Of Maxim GorkyAs A Modern Isaiah. To This Day He Remains An Iconic And Shockingly Relevant Poet, Essayist, And Tutelary Spirit.Translated And Introduced By MacarthurWinning Poet Peter Cole, On The Slaughter Presents Bialik For The First Time In English As A Masterful Artist, Someone Far More Politically And Psychologically Unsettling Than His Reputation As The National Poet Of The Jewish People Might Suggest. This Compact Collection Offers Readers A Panoramic View Of BialikS Inner And Outer Landscapes: His Visionary Poems Of Wrath Respond In Startling Fashion To The Devastations Of Pogroms And A Jewish Community In Crisis, While His Quietly Sublime Lyrics Of Longing, Doubt, And Withering SelfAssessment Bring Us Into The Silence At The Heart Of His Art. The Volume Also Includes A Sampling Of Slyly Sophisticated Verse For Children, And A Moving Introduction That Bridges BialikS Moment And Our Own.
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