{"product_id":"the-stones-of-lifta-marc-kaminsky-9781948017589","title":"The Stones of Lifta","description":"\u003cp\u003eThe poems of Marc Kaminsky's The Stones of Lifta address the heartbreak of a history torqued and twisted by fear and hatred, but this poet's heart remains unbroken, alive, responsive, and attuned to a painful dissonance. He consents, humbly and bravely, to abide with the suffering of both Israelis and Palestinians, to align himself with both his heritage and his empathy, so that the indissoluble contradictions of that conflict become, ultimately, nothing less than the paradox at the heart of being fully, vulnerably, honestly human. -\u003cstrong\u003eRichard Hoffman\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eSample: \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eHINANI\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eUnworthy as I am, when I saw\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003efootage of my friend Menachem climbing beneath\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003ethe Jerusalem hills with an old man-\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003ea displaced person-an Arab\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003ewho guided him into the ruins of his home\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003ein Lifta, I felt something\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003ebecome as clear and actual to me\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eas if for one pulse beat I heard\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003ea voice speaking to my heart.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eCall it the divine, it is the voice that calls\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eto us once or twice in a lifetime.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eWe recognize it immediately and answer, Here I am, \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003efor we remember it from before\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003ewe were born, and remain ready all our lives to go\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003ewhere it sends us. It spoke clearly\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eand distinctly as I sat with Menachem\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003ein my Brooklyn office, watching\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003ehis unfinished film, it said to me, Go\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eto Lifta, accompany your friend to the emptied village\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eof Lifta, walk beside him as he treads carefully\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003earound the boulder that blocks the winding path up to Lifta.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eAuthor:\u003c\/b\u003e Marc Kaminsky\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN-10:\u003c\/b\u003e 194801758X\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN-13:\u003c\/b\u003e 9781948017589\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublisher:\u003c\/b\u003e DOS Madres Press\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eLanguage:\u003c\/b\u003e English\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublished:\u003c\/b\u003e 12\/01\/2019\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePages:\u003c\/b\u003e 92\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eFormat:\u003c\/b\u003e Paperback\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eWeight:\u003c\/b\u003e 0.39lbs\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eSize:\u003c\/b\u003e 8.90h x 5.90w x 0.40d","brand":"Marc Kaminsky","offers":[{"title":"Paperback","offer_id":48807493271807,"sku":"9781948017589","price":17.0,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"url":"https:\/\/www.whiterainbookhouse.com\/products\/the-stones-of-lifta-marc-kaminsky-9781948017589","provider":"WR Book House","version":"1.0","type":"link"}