This is a representative volume of stories by Hazaz, spanning his career and interests, from Shtetl life, to the spiritual life of the Yemenite community and his understanding of Zionism and Jewish history. There are translations by distinguished translators, including Hillel Halkin, Yael Lotan, Jeff rey Green, I.M. Lask and Ezra
Spicehandler.
The collection features an outstanding introduction by Professor Dan Miron of Columbia University. "No section of Hebrew literature has given such powerful, intelligent expression to the experience of beforehand, of almost, of wavering on the threshold, of movement between being and nothingness, as the wide-ranging work of Hazaz."
Haim Hazaz (1898-1973) is acknowledged to be one of the masters of modern Hebrew letters. He spent his childhood in a small village in the Ukraine with a mixed population of gentiles and Jews, and received a traditional Jewish education. After spending his early years in Kiev, Kharkov, Moscow, Constantinople, Paris and Berlin, Hazaz made his home in Jerusalem in 1931, where he lived and worked until his death.
He composed a vast body of work, including novels, plays and collections of stories which garnered major awards in Israel. We're delighted to bring his work to the attention of readers and student alike among English speaking audiences.
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