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Katschen & The Book of Joseph
Yoel Hoffmann
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Description for Katschen & The Book of Joseph
Paperback. Translator(s): Kriss, David; Levenston, Edward A. Num Pages: 162 pages. BIC Classification: FA; HRCG9. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 203 x 136 x 41. Weight in Grams: 194.
In kaleidoscopic fragments, Hoffmann refracts Jewish popular lore and folk wisdom through a postmodernist prism, brightening his prose with snatches of verse, songs, diary excerpts, letters, ominous dreams, lush erotic passages and Yiddish sayings. "The Book of Joseph" tells the tragic story of a widowed Jewish tailor and his son in 1930s Berlin. "Katschen" gives an astounding child's-eye view of a boy orphaned in the new state of Israel. The novellas radiate the original poetry of Hoffmann's atomized hypnotic language, which Rosmarie Waldrop has called "utterly enchanting—it's like nothing else."
In kaleidoscopic fragments, Hoffmann refracts Jewish popular lore and folk wisdom through a postmodernist prism, brightening his prose with snatches of verse, songs, diary excerpts, letters, ominous dreams, lush erotic passages and Yiddish sayings. "The Book of Joseph" tells the tragic story of a widowed Jewish tailor and his son in 1930s Berlin. "Katschen" gives an astounding child's-eye view of a boy orphaned in the new state of Israel. The novellas radiate the original poetry of Hoffmann's atomized hypnotic language, which Rosmarie Waldrop has called "utterly enchanting—it's like nothing else."
Product Details
Format
Paperback
Publication date
1999
Publisher
New Directions Publishing Corporation
Condition
New
Number of Pages
162
Place of Publication
New York, United States
ISBN
9780811214056
SKU
V9780811214056
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About Yoel Hoffmann
Yoel Hoffmann was born in Brasow, Romania in 1937. He is presently a citizen of Israel, and is Professor of Eastern Philosophy at the U. of Haifa. He has had a lifelong scholarly engagement with Hebrew literature, Western philosophy, and Japanese Buddhism. His is the winner of the first Koret Jewish Book Award. His books include The Heart is Katmandu, ... Read more
Reviews for Katschen & The Book of Joseph
"Magnificent. Dreamlike and powerful. These are both astonishingly fine works."
Cooper Renner - elimae "[N]ew beginnings awaken Hoffmann's characters to foreign, often spectacular landscapes, and the author's prose ... insures the reader an equally enlightening experience."
The New Yorker "Israel's celebrated avant-garde genius-in English at last."
Forward "Like other Israeli novelists of his era, Hoffmann faces the ... Read more
Cooper Renner - elimae "[N]ew beginnings awaken Hoffmann's characters to foreign, often spectacular landscapes, and the author's prose ... insures the reader an equally enlightening experience."
The New Yorker "Israel's celebrated avant-garde genius-in English at last."
Forward "Like other Israeli novelists of his era, Hoffmann faces the ... Read more