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My Journeys with Hebrew, the most personal book yet by linguist and author Ruvik Rosenthal, is the travel journal of a man for whom language has been a home all his life. In finely distilled, humorous pieces he traces the shifting landscapes of his own life, a life of partings and new beginnings, of fractures and hopes: a childhood in the shadow of the founding generation's great deeds, kibbutz life and leaving it, a family that came apart, endless grief for a brother who was killed, and the great mystery of creativity. His stories intertwine with others, and his personal journey carries the imprint of an entire generation.
Lines of poetry and slang, ancient phrases and fleeting coinages weave together into one living fabric. Few listen to Israeli Hebrew as closely as Rosenthal does, and to a great extent this is a biography of the Hebrew language itself, told by one of its most devoted lovers, who always looks toward the forms it has yet to take.
This is the Hebrew edition.