{"product_id":"frayed-light-paperback","title":"Frayed Light - Paperback","description":"\u003cp\u003eby \u003cb\u003eYonatan Berg\u003c\/b\u003e (Author), \u003cb\u003eJoanna Chen\u003c\/b\u003e (Translator)\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eFirst English language poetry collection from an acclaimed Hebrew poet\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eThis poetic collection is an honest and deeply reflective look at life overshadowed by disputed settlements and political upheaval in the Israeli-Palestinian conflict. Yonatan Berg is a poet from Israel and the youngest person ever awarded the Yehuda Amichai Poetry Prize. This collection brings together the best poems from his three published collections in Hebrew, deftly translated by Joanna Chen. His poetry recounts his upbringing on an Israeli settlement in the West Bank, and service in a combat unit of the Israeli military, which left him with post-traumatic stress disorder. He grapples with questions of religion and tradition, nationalism, war, and familial relationships. The book also explores his conceptual relationship with Biblical, historical, and literary characters from the history of civilization, set against a backdrop of the Mediterranean landscape. Berg shares an insider's perspective on life in Israel today.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e[Sample Text]\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eUnity\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eWe travel the silk road of evening, \u003cbr\u003etobacco and desire flickering\u003cbr\u003ebetween our hands. We are warm travelers, \u003cbr\u003eour eyes unfurled, traveling in psalms, \u003cbr\u003ein Rumi, in the sayings of the man from the Galilee.\u003cbr\u003eWe break bread under the pistachio tree, \u003cbr\u003eunder the Banyan tree, under the dark \u003cbr\u003eof the Samaritan fig tree. Songs of offering rise up \u003cbr\u003ein our throats, wandering along the wall of night. We travel\u003cbr\u003ein the openness of warm eternity. Heavenly voices \u003cbr\u003eannounce a coupling as the quiet horse gallops \u003cbr\u003eheavenward. We travel with the rest of the world, \u003cbr\u003ewith its atrocities, its piles of ruins, scars of barbed wire, \u003cbr\u003etraveling with ardor in our loins, with the cry of birth. \u003cbr\u003eWe sit crossed-legged within the rocking\u003cbr\u003eof flesh, the quiet of the Brahmin, the bells \u003cbr\u003eof Mass, the tumult of Torah. We travel \u003cbr\u003ethrough eagles of death, dilution of earth in rivers, \u003cbr\u003ein eulogies, through marble, we travel through the silk\u003cbr\u003eof evening, our hearts like bonfires in the dark.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003ch3\u003eAuthor Biography\u003c\/h3\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eYONATAN BERG is a leading Hebrew poet. He is the youngest recipient of the Yehuda Amichai Prize and a number of other national awards. He has published three books of poetry, one memoir and two novels. His latest book, \u003ci\u003eFar from the Linden Trees\u003c\/i\u003e, was published in 2018 and received excellent reviews. Yonatan Berg is a bibliotherapist and teaches creative writing in Jerusalem. JOANNA CHEN is a literary translator and essayist. Her work has been published in \u003ci\u003eGuernica, Poet Lore, Narratively\u003c\/i\u003e, and \u003ci\u003eNewsweek\u003c\/i\u003e, among others. Her translations have been published in\u003ci\u003e Poetry International, Consequence, Mantis\u003c\/i\u003e, and many more. Her translations also include Agi Mishol's \u003ci\u003eLess Like a Dove\u003c\/i\u003e. She is currently translating Meir Shalev's \u003ci\u003eMy Wild Garden\u003c\/i\u003e. She writes a column for \u003ci\u003eThe Los Angeles Review of Books\u003c\/i\u003e.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eNumber of Pages:\u003c\/strong\u003e 88\u003c\/div\u003e\u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eDimensions:\u003c\/strong\u003e 0.3 x 7.9 x 6.1 IN\u003c\/div\u003e\u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003ePublication Date:\u003c\/strong\u003e October 01, 2019\u003c\/div\u003e","brand":"Books by splitShops","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":42726205915199,"sku":"9780819579133","price":16.15,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":false}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0105\/8226\/1823\/files\/dbe40dd6491c5eee5521565cc99574c0.webp?v=1765109692","url":"https:\/\/dhl-adrianne.myshopify.com\/products\/frayed-light-paperback","provider":"BBB","version":"1.0","type":"link"}