by Elie Wiesel
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Recommended by 2 sources and appears in Most Recommended Books.
Based on an actual event that occurred during World War II, this heartbreaking narrative poem about history, immortality, and the power of song is accompanied by magnificent fullcolor paintings by awardwinning artist Mark Podwal. It is the evening before the holiday of Purim, and the Nazis have given the ghetto's leaders twentyfour hours to turn...
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Recommended by 2 sources and appears in Most Recommended Books.
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Judy Blume
“A new illustrated book, The Tale of a Niggun, by Elie Wiesel, is a powerful, heartbreaking story. The art by Mark Podwal is gorgeous. I?m giving it as a Hanukkah gift to our local synagogues. It will also be available @booksandbookskw.”
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“This revised and expanded collection gathers dozens of short, intensely lyrical poems that rely on ecstatic spiritual imagery and intimate metaphors. Many pieces are brief and self-contained, suited to reading aloud or dipping into between tasks, and the added previously unpublished poems widen the emotional range. What works best is a steady stream of memorable lines that resurface on rereading; the main limitation is repetition — shared images and refrains recur, and translation choices sometimes smooth or sentimentalize cultural particularities.”
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