{"product_id":"the-hymns-of-job","title":"The Hymns of Job","description":"\u003cp\u003eMaya Bejerano has said that \"Writing is a kind of pretending.\" That \"Poetry gives verbal attire to an elusive and dark world. It's a kind of pretending because it's not the thing itself, but the words that express it.”   Since she published her first poem (1970) in Masa, the literary supplement of Davar, Maya Bejerano has been a strong and distinct presence in contemporary Hebrew poetry. Like many poets of her generation – first generation after WWII –  Maya was born in Israel to immigrant parents (from Bulgaria). To a large extent, the poetry of these poets gives expression to two states of consciousness, one of existential apprehension inherited from their immigrant parents, and one of a wild sense of freedom and liberation. Most of these poets spoke a different language at home, and their encounter with Hebrew was often bewildering, but also invigorating. A lot has been said about the sepulchral weight that Hebrew has had to carry, but in Israel today the Bible and the \"mekorot\" (sources) are an integral part of everyday life and speech. Biblical references and allusions are commonly heard and used side by side with new slang words, and with locutions and technical terms borrowed from the English. This fusion of high and low, of the colloquial and the archaic, makes for interesting and exuberant juxtapositions, both in the language spoken on the street and in the poems. Bejerano’s work typifies this fusion and takes it to new and unique levels. \u003cem\u003eThe Hymns of Job and Other Poems\u003c\/em\u003e is the first volume of Bejerano’s work to appear in English translation, thus bringing to the American reader a versatile and original poet.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cbr\u003e \u003cstrong\u003eRacket\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003cbr\u003e \u003cbr\u003e        \u003cem\u003e   for Dorit\u003c\/em\u003e\u003cbr\u003e \u003cbr\u003e Life racket, sickness racket\u003cbr\u003e happy racket sad racket\u003cbr\u003e spring racket \u003cbr\u003e winter racket \u003cbr\u003e what a racket in me \u003cbr\u003e a racket of the particular and the vague\u003cbr\u003e something wasteful and agreeable\u003cbr\u003e the racket of travel and the racket of love\u003cbr\u003e the racket of weakness or the racket of strength\u003cbr\u003e the racket of brightness and the racket of darkness\u003cbr\u003e the racket of meetings \u003cbr\u003e the racket of longing for distances and fears\u003cbr\u003e and the racket of children blurs them all;\u003cbr\u003e the racket of kisses covers me all over\u003cbr\u003e the racket of festivities the racket of movement \u003cbr\u003e and listening to the racket of speech\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cbr\u003e © BOA Editions, Ltd 2008 \u003cbr\u003e \u003cbr\u003e Available editions: \u003cbr\u003e -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- \u003cbr\u003e Cloth ISBN: 978-1-934414-16-3\u003cbr\u003e Price: $22.95 \u003cbr\u003e Publishing Date: November 2008\u003cbr\u003e Paperback ISBN: 978-1-934414-17-0\u003cbr\u003e Price: $16.95 \u003cbr\u003e Publishing Date: November 2008\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":null,"offers":[{"title":"Paperback","offer_id":9802417349,"sku":"978-1-934414-17-0","price":16.95,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true},{"title":"Cloth","offer_id":8419489861,"sku":"978-1-934414-16-3","price":22.95,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0982\/0178\/products\/THE_HYMN_OF_JOB.jpg?v=1527683592","url":"https:\/\/shop.boaeditions.org\/products\/the-hymns-of-job","provider":"Boa Editions","version":"1.0","type":"link"}