The World Is a Room: And Other Stories (JPS Poetry)

Preface / By Elinor Grumet -- Battle For The Hill -- The World Is A Room -- The Bar Mitzvah Party -- Terrible Spring -- Nina Of Ashkelon -- Dicky's Death -- The Orgy -- Love In Reverse -- The Snow -- The Times My Father Died. By Yehuda Amichai ; Translated From The Hebrew By Elinor Grumet ... [et Al.]. Translation Of Selections From: Ba-ruaḥ Ha-noraʼah Ha-zot. Bibliography: P. 199. This collection presents the best short fiction by one of Israels leading poets. The stories plunge deep into the chasms of sensitivity that mark the human landscape of Israel, weaving through the inner chambers of characters lives in prose that bristles with the visceral. A collection that presents stories that mark the human landscape of Israel, weaving through the inner chambers of characters' lives. Contents: The snow - Ducky's death - Nina of Ashkelon - (etc)