{"product_id":"open-closed-open-poems-isbn-9780156030502","title":"Open Closed Open: Poems","description":"In poems marked by tenderness and mischief, humanity and humor, Yehuda Amichai breaks open the grand diction of revered Jewish verses and casts the light of his own experi­ence upon them. Here he tells of history, a nation, the self, love, and resurrection. Amichai’s last volume is one of medi­tation and hope, and stands as a testament to one of Israel’s greatest poets.\u003cbr\u003e \u003cbr\u003e\u003cem\u003eOpen closed open. Before we are born, everything is open\u003c\/em\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cem\u003ein the universe without us. For as long as we live, everything is closed\u003c\/em\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cem\u003ewithin us. And when we die, everything is open again.\u003c\/em\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cem\u003eOpen closed open. That’s all we are.\u003c\/em\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e—\u003cem\u003efrom\u003c\/em\u003e “I WASN’T ONE OF THE SIX MILLION: \u003cbr\u003e   AND WHAT IS MY LIFE SPAN? OPEN CLOSED OPEN”\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e | \u003cp\u003e“He is one of our great poets . . . once one has heard his quiet, even tones, precise, distanced and passionate, one never forgets them.\"-The Times Literary Supplement “Open Closed Open is the uncanny record of genuine inspiration. Happy is the man who has so much in his soul.\"-Leon Wieseltier “Poets have always talked reverently about unlocking the human heart, but when “I read Amichai I wonder who before him actually managed it.\"-Ted Hughes\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Ecco","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":44889872302309,"sku":"NP9780156030502","price":17.0,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":false}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/1842\/7735\/files\/9780156030502.jpg?v=1730232085","url":"https:\/\/k12savings.com\/products\/open-closed-open-poems-isbn-9780156030502","provider":"K12savings","version":"1.0","type":"link"}