Random Harvest: The Novellas Of Bialik

by David Patterson, Ezra Spicehandler

Overview

Hayyim Nahman Bialik (1873–1934) is celebrated as one of the leading figures in modern Jewish literature. David Patterson and Ezra Spicehandler have combined their formidable literary talents to produce a new translation of six of Bialik's novellas. Random Harvest: The Novellas of Bialik is written in contemporary English and takes into account the large and important corpus of Bialik criticism that has been published over the years. This stunning new translation not only evokes the subtleties of the original Hebrew, it also reveals nuances which have eluded previous translators of Bialik's prose.

Author Biography: David Patterson is president emeritus of the Oxford Centre for Hebrew & Jewish Studies. Ezra Spicehandler is professor emeritus at Hebrew Union College in Cincinnati.

Product Details

ISBN-13:	9780367300449
Publisher:	Taylor & Francis
Publication date:	10/31/2024
Pages:	310
Product dimensions:	6.12(w) x 9.19(h) x (d)

About the Author

David Patterson, Ezra Spicehandler

Table of Contents

Preface
Acknowledgments
Introduction
Random Harvest
Behind the Fence
Big Harry
The Shamed Trumpet
Short Friday
The Legend of the Three and Four
Glossary
Further Reading

Editorial Reviews

An impeccable, flowing translation of Bialik's short fiction.

Hanita Brand

Once again Professors Patterson and Spicehandler have made a significant contribution to the study of Hebrew literature.

Rachel Feldhay Brenner

Contribute[s] greatly to our understanding and appreciation of this complex, outstanding writer.

Oxford Memorah

A delight to the lover of modern literature.

CCAR Journal

For the first time Bialik is presented to the English reader…in his full glory.

HA-ARETZ

The editors of the present work have done a great service to readers of Jewish literature by making his novellas available in translation.

Multicultural Review

[The translators] capture the nuances of Bialik's writing, especially in their adaptations of his lengthy digressions.

Moment Magazine

All in all, an essential book in any library of Jewish literature.

Jewish Chronicle

With the publication of this volume, Patterson and Spicehandler renew Anglophone readers' access to important prose works by a major Hebrew poet.

Choice

An invaluable teaching tool.

Harriet Murav

[The authors have]…succeeded in creating a pleasantly readable English that gives some sense of Bialik's tone.

Forward

Patterson (Oxford Centre for Hebrew and Jewish Studies) and Spicehandler (Hebrew Union College, Cincinnati) offer new translations of the five novellas by Jewish writer Hayyim Nahman Bialik (1873-1934) plus the second version of . The original translations, published between 1938 and 1960, are long out of print and reflect the English of their day. Annotation c. Book News, Inc., Portland, OR (booknews.com)

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