Shira

By S.Y. Agnon

Book Overview

Shira is Nobel laureate S.Y. Agnon's final, epic novel. Unfinished at the time of his death in 1970, the Hebrew original was published a year later. With this newly revised English translation by Zeva... This description may be from another edition of this product.

• Format: Hardcover
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0805240438
• ISBN13: 9780805240436
• Release Date: October 1989
• Publisher: Schocken Books Inc
• Length: 585 Pages
• Weight: 2.13 lbs.

Customer Reviews

Excellent, True to the Original Translation

Beautiful true to life story. What is amazing is how the translator has managed to capture and translate into English the rhythms and cadences of 1937 pre-state Hebrew. A touching story, full of ins and outs. Perfect.

A story written 50 years ago, and so actual here, Israel

OK. I'm in the middle of reading. I enjoy eavery moment. It's a simple story, writtenn as if told.. It is intersting to see how many things havn't really changed here, in Israel, while also teaching a lot about recent history. I wonder how the English translation is. (I'M reading it in HEBREW)