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Vulture in a Cage
Vulture in a Cage | Solomon Ibn Gabirol
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"Vulture in a cage," Solomon Ibn Gabirol's own self-description, is an apt image for a poet who was obsessed with the impediments posed by the body and the material world to the realization of his spiritual ambition of elevating his soul to the empyrean. Ibn Gabirol's poetry is enormously influential, laying the groundwork for generations of Hebrew poets who follow him--rocky and harsh, full of original imagery and barbed wit, and yet no one surpassed him for the limpid beauty of his devotional verse. His poetry is at once a record of the inner life of a tormented poet and a monument to the Judeo-Arabic culture that produced him. This book contains the most extensive collection of Ibn Gabirol's poetry ever published in English.
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Vulture in a Cage | Solomon Ibn Gabirol
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A book mail from archipelago books never fails to shake me out of a reading slump! This one is a collection of poems originally written in Hebrew.

LitHousewife How beautiful! 8y
shawnmooney 💖💖💖 8y
ramyasbookshelf @LitHousewife @shawnmooney I'm not too much into poetry but this collection is really great! 8y
ReadingEnvy I have one that was Spanish and English and loved it 8y
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