Open Closed Open

"He is one of our great poets . . . once one has heard his quiet, even tones, precise, distanced and passionate, one never forgets them."-The Times Literary Supplement "Open Closed Open is the uncanny record of genuine inspiration. Happy is the man who has so much in his soul."-Leon Wieseltier "Poets have always talked reverently about unlocking the human heart, but when "I read Amichai I wonder who before him actually managed it."-Ted Hughes He is one of our great poets . . . once one has heard his quiet, even tones, precise, distanced and passionate, one never forgets them."-The Times Literary Supplement Open Closed Open is the uncanny record of genuine inspiration. Happy is the man who has so much in his soul."-Leon Wieseltier Poets have always talked reverently about unlocking the human heart, but when I read Amichai I wonder who before him actually managed it."-Ted Hughes " PRAISE FOR "OPEN CLOSED OPEN " "It is the dream of most poets to become a vox populi without having to sacrifice the subtleties and complexities of their craft . . . Yehuda Amichai is one of very few contemporary poets to have reached a broad cross-section without compromising his art."Â "The New York Times Book Review" "Nothing less than an heroic achievement of the spirit, a lofty and sometimes raucous meditation on the history of his nation, his faith, and his heart . . . It is an incomparable triumph."--"The New York Review of Books "