商品簡介
How does the past shape contemporary Jewish experience in Canada? How does it feel to beJewish today? These are the questions that inform Volume 1 of The New Spice Box, an aromaticblend of poetry, short stories, and creative non-fiction by writers who probe all matters Jewish.Nora Gold dares to reconceive the biblical story of Joseph as Yosepha. For Seymour Mayne, anaunt's comforter transported from Poland to the New World evokes a lost past. ChavaRosenfarb's Bergen Belsen diary takes us back to the almost unimaginable moment of liberation,while Yiddish is a vital force for Karen Shenfeld's father.Across this collection, the past is given new life and meaning by authors who write from theirCanadian experience and sensibility. This is a new window on Canadian Jewish writing: its vistais expansive and the view, unmatched. Come take a look.
作者簡介
Ruth Panofsky is a professor of English at Ryerson University where she specializes in Canadianliterature and culture. She recently edited the award-winning Collected Poems of MiriamWaddington.
