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Israeli Stories

A Selection of the Best Contemporary Hebrew Writing

Joel Blocker Joel Blocker

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Hebrew
Random House Inc
13 January 1965
A selection of the Best Writing in Israel Today

Edited by Joel Blocker, introduction by Robert Alter

The present volume of Israeli stories reassuringly illustrates the other half of a frequently asserted half-truth. Modern Hebrew literature, it is claimed, liked Yiddish literature, does not really share the large concerns of serious literary activity in the West. The Hebrew writer ordinarily does not address himself to the human situation with all of its far-reaching possibilities of tragedy of comedy, but to the Jewish situation, which is quite another thing. Consequently, Hebrew and Yiddish writers-so goes the claim-develop a system of typology rather than methods of characterization, for they are most essentially interested in the Jewish people, its particular qualities and its present fate or ultimate destiny, while the individual, who is central in other modern literatures, stands at the periphery of their vision.
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Imprint:   Random House Inc
Country of Publication:   United States
Dimensions:   Height: 216mm,  Width: 140mm,  Spine: 19mm
Weight:   343g
ISBN:   9780805201086
ISBN 10:   0805201084
Pages:   260
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Audience:   General/trade ,  ELT Advanced
Format:   Paperback
Publisher's Status:   Active
Contents Introduction  • Robert Alter Tehilah • S. Y. Agnon The Sermon •  Haim Hazaz The Name • Aharon Megged The Parched Earth • Yoram Kaniuk A Roll of Canvas • Benjain Tammu The Prisoner • S. Yizhar Battle for the Hill • Yehuda Amihai Forevermore • S.Y. Agnon  

Reviews for Israeli Stories: A Selection of the Best Contemporary Hebrew Writing

These stories, with the excellent commentary, are a moving and . . . eloquent literary record of an emerging society. --Saturday Review The stories are uniformly good, able to stand comparison with the best being done anywhere today. --Library Journal


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