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Sloan-Kettering

By Abba Kovner
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By Abba Kovner
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In this luminous collection of poems, Abba Kovner records his deep engagement with life during his last days, as he lay dying of cancer in Memorial Sloan-Kettering Cancer Center. Kovner, the famed Jewish resistance fighter who led the Vilna ghetto uprising during World War II, was also a beloved master of Hebrew literature, and his work has seldom appeared in English. This translation brings us the fierce and humble gratitude of a visionary who has been a fighter not just for himself but fo...

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PoetryGeneral & Miscellaneous PoetryPoetry - General & MiscellaneousJewish PoetryArabic & Middle Eastern PoetryNew York Times Notable Fiction & Poetry 2002Best Books of the YearBest Books of the Year 2002New York Times Best Books of the Year 2002