Reviews
"Fioretos' elegantly written biography is the first of Sachs to appear in English . . . To its credit, Fioretos' lucid, well-researched book never feels hagiographic, despite its abundant expressions of admiration for its subject."--Paul Reitter, Jewish Review of Books, "For some years the time has been ripe for a literary biography of Nelly Sachs. Now these thorough, thoughtful, deeply studied pages, enlivened by remarkable images, should become a definitive source. Along with her close comrade Paul Celan, though not wholly like him, Sachs draws us into a molten history we forget at our peril."—John Felstiner, author of Translating Neruda: The Way to Macchu Picchu , Paul Celan: Poet, Survivor, Jew , and Can Poetry Save the Earth? A Field Guide to Nature Poems, For some years the time has been ripe for a literary biography of Nelly Sachs. Now these thorough, thoughtful, deeply studied pages, enlivened by remarkable images, should become a definitive source. Along with her close comrade Paul Celan, though not wholly like him, Sachs draws us into a molten history we forget at our peril—John Felstiner, author of Translating Neruda: The Way to Macchu Picchu , Paul Celan: Poet, Survivor, Jew , and Can Poetry Save the Earth? A Field Guide to Nature Poems|9780804775311|, "For some years the time has been ripe for a literary biography of Nelly Sachs. Now these thorough, thoughtful, deeply studied pages, enlivened by remarkable images, should become a definitive source. Along with her close comrade Paul Celan, though not wholly like him, Sachs draws us into a molten history we forget at our peril."-John Felstiner, author of Translating Neruda: The Way to Macchu Picchu , Paul Celan: Poet, Survivor, Jew , and Can Poetry Save the Earth? A Field Guide to Nature Poems, "[S]achs is served well by Fioretos, whose comprehensive biography is based on material from archives, interviews and other biographies. The size of a coffee-table book, Flight and Metamorphosis draws the reader into her life and times through photographs, hand-written notes and poems, images of her typewriter, and childhood toys and drawings. Fioretos tells the story with all the suspense of a good novel."--Zelda Gamson, Jewish Currents, "[S]achs is served well by Fioretos, whose comprehensive biography is based on material from archives, interviews and other biographies. The size of a coffee-table book, Flight and Metamorphosis draws the reader into her life and times through photographs, hand-written notes and poems, images of her typewriter, and childhood toys and drawings. Fioretos tells the story with all the suspense of a good novel."—Zelda Gamson, Jewish Currents, "Fioretos' elegantly written biography is the first of Sachs to appear in English . . . To its credit, Fioretos' lucid, well-researched book never feels hagiographic, despite its abundant expressions of admiration for its subject."—Paul Reitter, Jewish Review of Books, "[S]achs is served well by Fioretos, whose comprehensive biography is based on material from archives, interviews and other biographies. The size of a coffee-table book, Flight and Metamorphosis draws the reader into her life and times through photographs, hand-written notes and poems, images of her typewriter, and childhood toys and drawings. Fioretos tells the story with all the suspense of a good novel."-Zelda Gamson, Jewish Currents, "Fioretos' elegantly written biography is the first of Sachs to appear in English . . . To its credit, Fioretos' lucid, well-researched book never feels hagiographic, despite its abundant expressions of admiration for its subject."-Paul Reitter, Jewish, "Fioretos' elegantly written biography is the first of Sachs to appear in English . . . To its credit, Fioretos' lucid, well-researched book never feels hagiographic, despite its abundant expressions of admiration for its subject."-Paul Reitter, Jewish Review of Books, "For some years the time has been ripe for a literary biography of Nelly Sachs. Now these thorough, thoughtful, deeply studied pages, enlivened by remarkable images, should become a definitive source. Along with her close comrade Paul Celan, though not wholly like him, Sachs draws us into a molten history we forget at our peril."--John Felstiner, author of Translating Neruda: The Way to Macchu Picchu , Paul Celan: Poet, Survivor, Jew , and Can Poetry Save the Earth? A Field Guide to Nature Poems, For some years the time has been ripe for a literary biography of Nelly Sachs. Now these thorough, thoughtful, deeply studied pages, enlivened by remarkable images, should become a definitive source. Along with her close comrade Paul Celan, though not wh|9780804775311|
