{"product_id":"take-me-to-the-sea-mois-benarroch-9798201434908","title":"Take Me to the Sea","description":"\u003cp\u003eHailed as one of the leading Israeli poets, Benarroch s poetry has been published in a dozen languages, including Urdu and Chinese. Julia Uceda considers that Benarroch holds the memory of the world in his poetry, while Jose Luis Garcia Martin thinks that his poems are more than poetry, they are a document. A witness of his time, Benarroch started writing poetry when he was 15, in English, and has always written in his mother tongue Spanish. When he was 20 he also added Hebrew to his poetry languages and he has published six poetry books in Israel.\u003cbr\u003e\"If I had a nomination vote for the Nobel prize he'd be in the running.\" Klaus Gerken, Ygdrasil editor. \u003cbr\u003eHis reputation has been steadily growing and his books have been published in Spain, Israel and the U.S.A. He was awarded the prime minister literary prize in 2008, and The prestigious Yehuda Amichai poetry prize in 2012.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eIf You See Me in the Street\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eand I don't say hello to you\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003edon't think I don't want your company\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eor that I am trying to hurt you\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eif you see me in the street\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eand I am thinking another poem\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eother words\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003ethat may finally\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003edescribe the firmament line\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003ethat connects between my legs\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eand the town where I was born\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003ea giant rainbow\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eif you see me in the street and I don't say\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003ehello\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eit is not a declaration of war\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003ebut a look\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003einto the future.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e''''''''\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eIn the Land of Immigrants\u003c\/strong\u003e \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eIn the land of immigrants\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003estill an immigrant.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003epeople say to me\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003emaybe your feeling is the feeling\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eof every poet\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eand I say\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eI speak and you stay silent\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eI cry and you laugh\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eI shout and you mock\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eI explain and you categorize\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eI feel pain and you run away.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e''''''''''''''''''''''''''''''''''''''''\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eSand \u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eit took me twenty years to learn to cry in Hebrew\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003ethen my words became mild\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eas a stone whose secret has been revealed by the rain\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003ethat it was made of sand.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e___________________\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eTAKE ME TO THE SEA is a selection of Benarroch's early, and some say his best. \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eWriting \u003c\/strong\u003e \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eIs\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003ethe illness\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eand the cure.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e''''''''''''''''''''''''''''''\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eAuthor:\u003c\/b\u003e Mois Benarroch\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN-10:\u003c\/b\u003e 8201434900\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN-13:\u003c\/b\u003e 9798201434908\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublisher:\u003c\/b\u003e Mois Benarroch\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eLanguage:\u003c\/b\u003e English\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublished:\u003c\/b\u003e 04\/28\/2022\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePages:\u003c\/b\u003e 170\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eFormat:\u003c\/b\u003e Paperback\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eWeight:\u003c\/b\u003e 0.57lbs\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eSize:\u003c\/b\u003e 9.00h x 6.00w x 0.39d","brand":"Mois Benarroch","offers":[{"title":"Paperback","offer_id":44079003205887,"sku":"9798201434908","price":21.95,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0662\/2982\/9887\/files\/img_56c02a9d-c732-469f-82b3-29bb5178e2f7.jpg?v=1685478733","url":"https:\/\/www.whiterainbookhouse.com\/products\/take-me-to-the-sea-mois-benarroch-9798201434908","provider":"WR Book House","version":"1.0","type":"link"}