Hovering at a Low Altitude
Subtitle: The Collected Poetry of Dahlia Ravikovitch
By: translated from the Hebrew by Chana Bloch and Chana Kronfeld.
Contributors: Bloch, Chana, 1940-; Kronfeld, Chana.
Edition: 1st ed.
Publisher: W.W. Norton
Published: 2009
Place of publication: New York
Language: eng
Number of pages: 271
ISBN-13: 9780393065244
Subjects: Ravikovitch, Dalia, -- 1936-2005 -- Translations into English
Genres: Translations into English.
Work titles: Poems.
Description: In poems about fathers and daughters, men and women, kings and their subjects, the precarious position of women and the plight of Palestinians under the Occupation, Dahlia Ravikovitch articulates the painful asymmetries of power. The extraordinary stylistic range of her poetry reveals her mastery of the verbal art.