Scorched by the Sun
Poetry. Jewish Studies. Middle Eastern Studies. Translated from the Hebrew by Barbara Goldberg. Moshe Dor's poems breathe, smell and taste like Israel. They express the pressures of living in a land constantly under siege, where hope and terror live side by side, where there is a fierce hatred of war and a fierce craving for peace. Here current events unfold in biblical landscapes. This is also a book about love—the love for a woman as well as a motherland. Cover art by Mordechai Ardon.
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Scorched by the Sun
Poetry. Jewish Studies. Middle Eastern Studies. Translated from the Hebrew by Barbara Goldberg. Moshe Dor's poems breathe, smell and taste like Israel. They express the pressures of living in a land constantly under siege, where hope and terror live side by side, where there is a fierce hatred of war and a fierce craving for peace. Here current events unfold in biblical landscapes. This is also a book about love—the love for a woman as well as a motherland. Cover art by Mordechai Ardon.
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Scorched by the Sun

Scorched by the Sun

Scorched by the Sun

Scorched by the Sun

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Poetry. Jewish Studies. Middle Eastern Studies. Translated from the Hebrew by Barbara Goldberg. Moshe Dor's poems breathe, smell and taste like Israel. They express the pressures of living in a land constantly under siege, where hope and terror live side by side, where there is a fierce hatred of war and a fierce craving for peace. Here current events unfold in biblical landscapes. This is also a book about love—the love for a woman as well as a motherland. Cover art by Mordechai Ardon.

Product Details

ISBN-13: 9780915380831
Publisher: The Word Works
Publication date: 03/01/2012
Pages: 110
Product dimensions: 6.00(w) x 9.00(h) x 0.27(d)

About the Author


Moshe Dor, born in Tel Aviv in 1932, is a major figure in contemporary Israeli literature. Author of some 40 books of poetry, interviews and children's verse, he has received the Bialik Prize, Israel's top literary award. Dor wrote the lyrics of "Erev Shel Shoshanim" ("Evening of Roses"), performed worldwide as a wedding song.
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