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讛砖讜谞专讗 讜讛砖诪专讟诇讬谞讙
住驻专 注诇 诪驻讙砖 讘讬谉 诪注专讘 诇诪讝专讞. 讛讻转讜讘 讘讚专讻讜 讛诪讬讜讞讚转 砖诇 讬讜讗诇 讛讜驻诪谉: "讝讜 讛讙讝讜讝讟专讛 砖注诇讬讛 讬砖讘 讗讘讬 讛讙讚讜诇 讜砖诇讞 讗转 讬讚讜 讻诪讜 谞驻讜诇讬讗讜谉 砖诪砖拽讬祝 注诇 砖讚讛 讛诪注专讻讛 讗诇 讛讻驻专讬诐 讞讬专讬讛 讜住拽讬讛 讜讗诪专 诇讬 讘拽讜诇讜 砖讻诇 讻讜诇讜 讘爪讚讛 讛讬诪讬谞讬 砖诇 讛讘专讬讗讛, 讜讗谞讬 讛讬讬转讬 讗讝 讬诇讚, "讚讜专讟 讗讬住讟 讗专讘讬谉" (砖诐 讗专抓 注专讘)"
140 pages, Paperback
First published January 1, 2001
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Yoel Hoffmann
27听books34听followersYoel Hoffmann (23 June 1937鈥� 25 August 2023) was an Israeli Jewish contemporary author, editor, scholar and translator.
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October 5, 2014
Okay, so I will begin by saying that if I had anyone to discuss this book with, it would automatically become a five star book. As an American high schooler, I had a little bit of trouble finding the thread of the story from time to time, but it was absolutely fascinating. I desperately want to analyse and discuss this, but don't have a real outlet to do so for this particular book (It seems a bit weird to start doing research and writing papers in my free time before I go to college). It was difficult, but the prose poems were beautiful and elegant. If I could read Hebrew, I'd love to read this in the original, but I can't,so I commend the translator for doing a fantastic job of creating a smooth, readable work. A challenging, but well worthwhile read. Highly recommended. I need to talk to someone about this, it has so much potential for discussion. Themes of memory, humanity, childhood/coming-of-age, and more. So good.
July 22, 2016
At first this seems like beautiful poetryprose awkwardly mixed with the prosaic, but after about thirty pages it starts to dawn that this is the whole point, and that the writer is an alchemist. Once my brain shifted to understand the book, I found it shockingly beautiful. And the end, as books have been wont to do this year, stomped with grace on my heart.
Here's another delight: either the author or the translator has put translations of most foreign terms in: not just footnotes, but footnotes on the same page. Would to God above others would follow this example.
Here's another delight: either the author or the translator has put translations of most foreign terms in: not just footnotes, but footnotes on the same page. Would to God above others would follow this example.
September 17, 2011
At the top of my personal canon, Hoffmann's novels (novellas?) read as surreal prose poems on memory, reverie, and giving an account of one's own life. The cat chasing the butterfly (literally the 'shunra' and the 'schmetterling' of the title) makes for a beautiful allegory of a mine's chasing after his childhood home.
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