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<p/><br></br><p><b> About the Book </b></p></br></br>"Yehuda Amichai's splendid poems, refined and cast in the desperate foundries of the Middle East, where life and faith are always at stake, exhibit a majestic and Biblical range of the topography of the soul."--Anthony Hecht<p/><br></br><p><b> Book Synopsis </b></p></br></br>Yehuda Amichai (1924-2000) was Israel's most popular poet, as well as a literary figure of international reputation. In this collection, renowned translators Chana Bloch and Stephen Mitchell have selected Amichai's most beloved poems, including forty poems from his later work. A new foreword by C.K. Williams, written especially for this edition, addresses Amichai's enduring legacy and sets his poetry in the context of the new millennium.<p/><br></br><p><b> From the Back Cover </b></p></br></br>Yehuda Amichai's splendid poems, refined and cast in the desperate foundries of the Middle East, where life and faith are always at stake, exhibit a majestic and Biblical range of the topography of the soul.--Anthony Hecht<p/><br></br><p><b> Review Quotes </b></p></br></br><br>"An ideal choice of the poet."--Benjamin Ivry "Forward Newspaper" (11/21/2015 12:00:00 AM)<br><p/><br></br><p><b> About the Author </b></p></br></br><b>Yehuda Amichai</b> (1924-2000) is widely considered the greatest contemporary Israeli poet, and a pioneering stylist in modern Hebrew. <br /><br /><b>C.K. Williams</b> is a poet, translator, and critic, and winner of the Pulizter Prize for Poetry for <i>Repair</i> (1999). His most recent collection is <i>Writers Writing Dying</i> (2012). <br /><br /><b>Chana Bloch's</b> many books include <i>The Song of Songs: A New Translation</i> and <i>The Windows: New and Selected Poetry of Dahlia Ravikovitch</i>. <b>Stephen Mitchell's</b> numerous translations include <i>The Book of Job</i>, <i>A Book of Psalms, </i> and <i>Genesis</i>. <br />

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