Item #830 THE SONG OF SONGS; A New Translation with an Introduction and Commentary / Afterword by Robert Alter. Ariel Block, Chana Bloch.
THE SONG OF SONGS; A New Translation with an Introduction and Commentary / Afterword by Robert Alter
THE SONG OF SONGS; A New Translation with an Introduction and Commentary / Afterword by Robert Alter
THE SONG OF SONGS; A New Translation with an Introduction and Commentary / Afterword by Robert Alter
THE SONG OF SONGS; A New Translation with an Introduction and Commentary / Afterword by Robert Alter
THE SONG OF SONGS; A New Translation with an Introduction and Commentary / Afterword by Robert Alter
THE SONG OF SONGS; A New Translation with an Introduction and Commentary / Afterword by Robert Alter
THE SONG OF SONGS; A New Translation with an Introduction and Commentary / Afterword by Robert Alter
THE SONG OF SONGS; A New Translation with an Introduction and Commentary / Afterword by Robert Alter

THE SONG OF SONGS; A New Translation with an Introduction and Commentary / Afterword by Robert Alter

NewYork: Random House, 1995. First Edition: Hebrew facing English Translation. Cloth and boards. SIGNED by poet Chana Bloch, 4to, green cloth over bright forest green boards with gilt embossing on cover and spine, Mylar-protected photographic dust jacket by Jerry Bauer, Afterword by Robert Alter, x + 253 pages + [4] About the Authors & Typography. Mint / Mint. Item #830
ISBN: 0679409629

SIGNED on a front endpaper by poet Chana Bloch. A MAGNIFICENT TRANSLATION with Hebrew facing the Englsh.

"Their sequence is as luminous, as crisp and delicate as the natural world to which it offers such initiating allegiance flowers, trees, animals and landscapes troping the lovers' bodies, those same bodies inveterately traversed and sustained by the ardor of an--at last!--acknowledged and honored eros."--Richard Howard

"Quite simply the BEST version in the English language."--Stephen Mitchell

EXCEPTIONAL CONDITION externally and internally for this remarkable translation.

Price: $75.00

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