Detalls del llibre
A dynamic dialogue of poetry and art that reimagines the ancient, biblical concept of sacrifice.
Winner of the 2022 Gerald Lampert Memorial Award presented by the League of Canadian Poets
A collaboration between poet Alisha Kaplan and artist Tobi Aaron Kahn, Qorbanot-the Hebrew word for "sacrificial offerings"-explores the concept of sacrifice, offering a new vision of an ancient practice. A dynamic dialogue of text and image, the book is a poetic and visual exegesis on Leviticus, a visceral and psychological exploration of ritual offerings, and a conversation about how notions of sacrifice continue to resonate in the twenty-first century.
Both from Holocaust survivor families, Kaplan and Kahn deal extensively with the Holocaust in their work. Here, the modes of poetry and art express the complexity of belief, the reverberations of trauma, and the significance of ritual. In the poems, the speaker, offspring of burnt offerings, searches for meaning in her grandparents' experiences and in the long tradition of Orthodox Judaism in which she was raised. Kahn's paintings on handmade paper, drawn from decades of his career as an artist, have not previously been exhibited or published. They reflect his quest to distill a legacy of trauma and loss into enduring memory.
With a foreword by James E. Young and essays by Ezra Cappell, Lori Hope Lefkovitz, and Sasha Pimentel, the book presents new directions for thinking about what sacrifice means in religious, social, and personal contexts, and harkens back to foundational traditions, challenging them in reimagined and artistic ways.
- Autor/a Alisha Kaplan
- ISBN13 9781438482927
- ISBN10 1438482922
- Pàgines 137
- Any Edició 2026
- Fecha de publicación 02/05/2026
- Idioma Alemany, Francès
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Qorbanot: Offerings (Alemany, Francès)
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- Alisha Kaplan
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- State University of New York Press (2026)
- 9781438482927



