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Title: Open Closed Open: Poems by Yehuda Amichai, Chana Bloch ISBN: 0-15-100378-5 Publisher: Harcourt Pub. Date: 01 April, 2000 Format: Hardcover Volumes: 1 List Price(USD): $25.00 |
Average Customer Rating: 4.4 (5 reviews)
Rating: 5
Summary: The Perfect Ending
Comment: This, the final of Yehuda Amichai's works, lays to rest a life and career memorable to no end. Open Closed Open is about the Israel that is and has been -- tensions that have not faded -- complexities that have not eroded -- and loves that remain in spite of it all. It is, in every sense, a book of poetry, of poetics unequalled. Please read Open Closed Open.
Rating: 5
Summary: Genius
Comment: Amichai's poetry, and especially this book, is the pristine instance of a Jewish literature. To Jews, or those interested in Jewish culture, Amichai's symbols and meditations will strike a profound chord, as he draws on Jewish culture--from Abraham to modernity--to create a comprehensive poetic representation of a people's collective conscience.
However, even those with little interest in Jewish culture should be able to appreciate this work, as Amichai's commentary on the ephemerality of life, the beauty of love and the capriciousness of the world bears a profound appeal to all readers. I would recommend this book as a prime example of how beautiful modern poetry can be. Amichai takes ancient symbols and historical allusions, fits them into a uniquely modern meditation, and the result is breathtaking.
Rating: 2
Summary: Amichai struggles with eternity
Comment: Compared to his earlier work, this is a disappointment. Themes which worked extraordinarily well in the past seem flat here. Anyone who has really read Amichai will understand this. The few good pieces presented here pale in comparison to those which may one day win Amichai a Nobel Prize, those tight, wonderfully written pieces which are memorable without effort. Unfortunately, there is not a line in this work which stands out. In this work Amichai is very reflective. He is reviewing his life, and though there are moments which seem tender it is a tenderness without the caress. A thoughtful work which does not leave one thinking very long. If you want to experience Amichai, read any of his earlier works, love poems etc. Or his last best book from 1989 "Gam ha-Egruf..."(In English, "Even the fist was once an open hand with fingers"). This work relies more on the great author's name to sell it then the quality of the work within. His earlier work sells itself easily because it was great, in and of itself.
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Title: The Selected Poetry of Yehuda Amichai by Yehuda Amichai, Chana Bloch, Stephen Mitchell ISBN: 0520205383 Publisher: University of California Press Pub. Date: September, 1996 List Price(USD): $14.35 |
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Title: Poems of Jerusalem and Love Poems by Yehuda Amichai, Harold Schimmel, Assia Gutmann ISBN: 1878818198 Publisher: Sheep Meadow Pr Pub. Date: January, 1993 List Price(USD): $16.95 |
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Title: Yehuda Amichai : A Life of Poetry, 1948-1994 by Yehuda Amichai, Benjamin Harshav ISBN: 006092666X Publisher: Perennial Pub. Date: 11 October, 1995 List Price(USD): $19.95 |
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Title: The Great Tranquility: Questions and Answers by Yehuda Amichai, Glenda Abramson, Tudor Parfitt ISBN: 1878818686 Publisher: Sheep Meadow Pr Pub. Date: December, 1997 List Price(USD): $12.95 |
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Title: The Modern Hebrew Poem Itself by Stanley Burnshaw, T. Carmi, Susan Glassman, Ariel Hirschfield, Ezra Spicehandler ISBN: 0814324851 Publisher: Wayne State Univ Pr Pub. Date: February, 2003 List Price(USD): $29.95 |
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