This is a persuasive, unique book that is strongly …

This is a persuasive, unique book that is strongly supported by sources and poetry, a book that presents a new poet — more complex and fascinating than ever, and a faithful representative of his people. Not only does the new side of Amichai revealed in Gold’s book enrich his marvelous poetry, it depicts Israel as a multicultural society, gathered from all ends of the earth, bearing numerous and varied traditions.