{"product_id":"reality-crumbs-raquel-chalfi-9781438457420","title":"Reality Crumbs: Selected Poems","description":"\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eFirst book-length collection of the work of the celebrated Israeli poet.\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003ci\u003eReality Crumbs\u003c\/i\u003e is the first book-length collection in English of the work of the celebrated Israeli poet, playwright, and filmmaker Raquel Chalfi. Versatile and unpredictable, Chalfi's often visionary and dramatic poetry has been acclaimed for its independence and daring by leading Israeli critics. In the words of poet and critic Eli Hirsch, her work is a \"thrilling combination of simplicity and chaos, clarity and mystery.\"\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eEver present in Chalfi's poetry is the need to touch, to feel the tangible and sensuous, as well as a desire to break all boundaries and smash so-called conventional wisdoms, be they social, cultural, or linguistic. Her poems are often anxious, restless, inquisitive, nearly physical in their constant search for, and chasing after, that one element that will help them get a step closer to grasping the mystery at their center. And if she takes on the persona of a wild biker or a witch, it is not merely to travel freely in the land of fancy and so taste another's life, but, more importantly, to measure the extent of her empathy.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eAuthor:\u003c\/b\u003e Raquel Chalfi\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN-10:\u003c\/b\u003e 1438457421\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN-13:\u003c\/b\u003e 9781438457420\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublisher:\u003c\/b\u003e Excelsior Editions\/State University of New Yo\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eLanguage:\u003c\/b\u003e English\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublished:\u003c\/b\u003e 09\/01\/2015\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePages:\u003c\/b\u003e 252\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eFormat:\u003c\/b\u003e Paperback\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eWeight:\u003c\/b\u003e 0.66lbs\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eSize:\u003c\/b\u003e 8.40h x 5.50w x 0.70d","brand":"Raquel Chalfi","offers":[{"title":"Paperback","offer_id":48013925548287,"sku":"9781438457420","price":32.95,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0662\/2982\/9887\/files\/img_9a249df9-00a9-4293-b990-1157e9b5581f.jpg?v=1767745626","url":"https:\/\/www.whiterainbookhouse.com\/products\/reality-crumbs-raquel-chalfi-9781438457420","provider":"WR Book House","version":"1.0","type":"link"}