{"product_id":"transformation-9781733540056","title":"Transformation","description":"\u003cp\u003e • Author(s): Barbara Goldberg\u003cbr\u003e • Publisher: Poets Choice Publishing\u003cbr\u003e • Publisher Imprint: Poets Choice Publishing\u003cbr\u003e • BISAC: Subjects \u0026amp; Themes - Inspirational \u0026amp; Religious\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eIntroduction by MYRA SKALREW\u003cbr\u003e Languages are living organisms, according to George Steiner. Barbara\u003cbr\u003e Goldberg, in Transformation, comes into her true landscape as she moves\u003cbr\u003e between languages, exploring the evolution of her restless and profound\u003cbr\u003e journey. At long last, she can call on her multiple resources--poetry and\u003cbr\u003e prose, humor and tragedy, life in this century cast in the shadow of \"19th\u003cbr\u003e Century Vienna.\" The hidden memories of loved ones. \"Even the dead\"\u003cbr\u003e who \"can't keep a secret.\"\u003cbr\u003e Languages--French, English, German, Hebrew. The divergent syntax of\u003cbr\u003e each. All the while, \"Fear is the ravenous wolf at my door. Sometimes I\u003cbr\u003e throw him a scrap, in the shape of a poem.\" None of this prevents her from\u003cbr\u003e tackling these translations--\"as satisfying to create as an original (well, a lot\u003cbr\u003e of the time!).\" We go from Rilke's \"Saltimbanques\" in French to Israeli\u003cbr\u003e poems in Hebrew, including from Iraq, to her long shared life and work with\u003cbr\u003e Moshe Dor. The collection includes interviews and Barbara Goldberg's work\u003cbr\u003e as International Editor for the Word Work Series including poetry from the\u003cbr\u003e Kurdish, Ancient Greek, the French of Jean Cocteau, and\u003cbr\u003e Spanish\/Mexican.\u003cbr\u003e As I write this I am drawn back to Walter Benjamin and George Steiner, as\u003cbr\u003e if a \"pure language...like a hidden spring seeking to force its way through\u003cbr\u003e the silted channels of our differing tongues\" will emerge. Transformation is a\u003cbr\u003e powerful element in that journey, worthy of our attention.\u003cbr\u003e [Note: After Babel: Aspects of Langua\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Atlantic Books","offers":[{"title":"Paperback","offer_id":46458334216343,"sku":"9781733540056","price":2941.0,"currency_code":"INR","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0666\/3471\/1191\/files\/9781733540056.webp?v=1769185173","url":"https:\/\/atlanticbooks.com\/products\/transformation-9781733540056","provider":"Atlantic Books","version":"1.0","type":"link"}