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Avraham Balaban - Mourning a Father Lost - 9780742529212 - V9780742529212
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Mourning a Father Lost

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Description for Mourning a Father Lost hardcover. Returning to the kibbutz of his childhood to attend his father's funeral, Balaban confronts his intensely painful childhood memories. Comparing the kibbutz of today with that of his early years, he tells two stories: his own and that of the Kibbutz Huldah, a grand but unsuccessful social experiment. Num Pages: 216 pages, Illustrations. BIC Classification: BGA; G; JFS; JM. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 236 x 158 x 17. Weight in Grams: 385.
Returning to the kibbutz of his childhood to attend his father's funeral, Avraham Balaban confronts his buried yet still intensely painful childhood memories. Comparing the kibbutz of today with that of his early years, the author weaves together two interrelated stories: a sensitive artist growing up in the intensely pragmatic world of Kibbutz Huldah and the rise and fall of a grand yet failed social experiment. As he moves through the seven days of sitting shivah for his father, Balaban experiences an expanding cycle of mourning—for self, family, the kibbutz, and Israel itself. With a poet's keen voice, Balaban pens ... Read more

Product Details

Format
Hardback
Publication date
2003
Publisher
Rowman & Littlefield United States
Number of pages
216
Condition
New
Number of Pages
216
Place of Publication
Lanham, MD, United States
ISBN
9780742529212
SKU
V9780742529212
Shipping Time
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99-15

About Avraham Balaban
Avraham Balaban is professor of modern Hebrew literature at the University of Florida.

Reviews for Mourning a Father Lost
[Avraham Balaban's] lyrical voice and his honest criticism of the kibbutz's social experiment will pull readers in to this elegy not only for a father but for the slow death of the socialist kibbutz dream.
Publishers Weekly
A top-notch work of literature. . . . Avraham Balaban seeks to express the sorrow of parents who missed parenthood and ... Read more

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