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Hi. I’m the one who is actually not really that far behind on her planning with reading 50 books this year (this is book 12), but it would turn out I’m awful at reviewing the darn things.
Going to try to improve, honest, but I wanted to point out the book I’m currently reading.
Why?
- It really is rather beautifully written
- It’s about a young man who calls himself “a poet” and who writes poetry (surprise surprise) and I figured it was kinda fitting since April is National Poetry Month
There is only really one problem here: I cannot post any quotes/poems on here, since I’m reading the Dutch translation and it would appear that there aren’t many quotes found on the internet.
Are the poems any good? Well. I like them. But I’m not very into poetry in general so what do I know, really? The book itself is beautiful though. It talks about the life of Itsik Malpesj, a Jew born in Russia at the beginning of the 20th century, who has to fled his village to avoid being forced to join the Russian army. Later he’s smuggled to New York in a trunk, where he truly becomes a Yiddish poet. The novel is not only about the past, entangled into it is the story of the translator of Malpesj’ autobiography: a young man in Boston who struggles with his own religion and life. This is how for I am right now, but I’m very enthusiastic about it.