Demonstrates how descriptions and evocations of New York City are connected to various stylistic modes and topical questions urgent to Ukrainian poetry... Læs mere
Isaak Babel (1894-1940) is arguably one of the greatest modern short-story writers of the early 20th century. This is the first book in English to study the... Læs mere
Offers psychodynamic studies of Holocaust survivors and their families in Israel... Læs mere
This resource explores the macro and micro social contexts in which alternative and bio-medicine co-exist in Israel. The text includes a history of alternative health care in Israel and analysis of current policies and dilemmas regarding different forms of health care.
Originally published in Hebrew in 2009, this is the first serious, wide-ranging and theoretically sophisticated exploration of fantasy in... Læs mere
This is a collection of essays by Irina Reyfman, a leading scholar of Russian literature and culture. Ranging from the eighteenth to the... Læs mere
Focusing primarily on the close study of literary works presented in the broad cultural and historical context, Jacob's Ladder discusses the... Læs mere
Written at the height of Stalin's first 'five-year plan' for the industrialisation of Soviet Russia and the parallel campaign to collectivise Soviet agriculture, Andrei Platonov's "The Foundation Pit" registers a dissonant mixture of utopian longings and despair.
On a Clear April Morning is a lyrical and riveting coming of age story set among early twentieth-century immigrants brought to a Jewish farming experiment in an... Læs mere
In this compelling book, Dvir Abramovich introduces readers to landmark novels, poems and stories that have become classics in the Israeli Holocaust canon.... Læs mere
Addresses the conundrum of how Jewish believers in the divine character of the Sinaitic revelation confront the essential questions raised by academic... Læs mere
Readers are often left uncertainhow to understand the rich meanings of Mikhail Bulgakov’s comic and beautifulnovel The Master and... Læs mere