The Wisdom Books: Job, Proverbs, and Ecclesiastes: A Translation with Commentary von Alter, Robert

In this brief book, award-winning biblical translator and acclaimed literary critic Robert Alter offers a personal and passionate account of what he learned about the art of Bible translation over the two decades he spent completing his...

In these illuminating and exquisitely written essays, Alter spans the breadth of Nabokov's writings, from his memoir, lectures, and short stories to major novels such as Lolita. He demonstrates how the self-reflexivity of Nabokov's...

A masterpiece of deep learning and fine sensibility, Robert Alter's translation of the Hebrew Bible, now complete, reanimates one of the formative works of our culture. Capturing its brilliantly compact poetry and finely wrought,...

Die Biografie "Amos Oz: Autor, Friedensaktivist, Ikone" von Robert Alter bietet einen umfassenden Einblick in das Leben und Werk des bedeutenden israelischen Schriftstellers Amos Oz. Alter beleuchtet Ohs frühe Jahre in Jerusalem, seine...