tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3067098918914268503.post5184627545266841820..comments2024-03-28T17:30:22.269+11:00Comments on ART and ARCHITECTURE, mainly: Agnon House Museum, Jerusalem. Nobel Prize winner!Helshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/02849907428208235392noreply@blogger.comBlogger12125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3067098918914268503.post-65275970600388224692012-05-26T10:27:24.635+10:002012-05-26T10:27:24.635+10:00Paul
Thanks for the thoughtful article which I re...Paul<br /><br />Thanks for the thoughtful article which I read with interest. Although I haven't read those arguments about Jewish literature before, I have read the same debates about paintings, gold and silver art objects, printing and even architecture. Love it.Helshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/02849907428208235392noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3067098918914268503.post-58666529999570549812012-05-25T06:06:11.953+10:002012-05-25T06:06:11.953+10:00Hels,
I'm sure you'll enjoy this new artic...Hels,<br />I'm sure you'll enjoy this new article that I've just come across: "Is there such a thing as Jewish Literature? http://www.momentmag.com/moment/issues/2012/06/Symposium.htmlP. M. Doolanhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/16673509230835222713noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3067098918914268503.post-942480690649489882012-05-21T23:39:10.973+10:002012-05-21T23:39:10.973+10:00I think we may be soul mates :)I think we may be soul mates :)Helshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/02849907428208235392noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3067098918914268503.post-78831086819001270142012-05-21T20:31:09.853+10:002012-05-21T20:31:09.853+10:00I love AB Yehoshua as well. Meir Shalev I have yet...I love AB Yehoshua as well. Meir Shalev I have yet to read.P. M. Doolanhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/16673509230835222713noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3067098918914268503.post-6581956245715655662012-05-21T08:57:12.827+10:002012-05-21T08:57:12.827+10:00Paul
I am well impressed. I always found Amos Oz&...Paul<br /><br />I am well impressed. I always found Amos Oz's novels far easier to read and more pleasurable than Agnon's novels. <br /><br />But Silence of Heaven is different. It seems to be more scholarly about Agnon's literary sources and Agnon's views on Jewish society, past and future.<br /><br />My favourite novelists in Hebrew are Oz, AB Yehoshua and the incomparable Meir Shalev.Helshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/02849907428208235392noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3067098918914268503.post-84093492933162136622012-05-20T23:52:27.969+10:002012-05-20T23:52:27.969+10:00I recently read Amos Oz's study of Agnon - The...I recently read Amos Oz's study of Agnon - The Silence of Heaven and was very moved.P. M. Doolanhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/16673509230835222713noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3067098918914268503.post-67779662576409731742012-05-19T23:46:47.745+10:002012-05-19T23:46:47.745+10:00Hermes
In my reading, I kept bumping into the sam...Hermes<br /><br />In my reading, I kept bumping into the same problem - brilliant, achieving men who treated their wives and/or their children badly. <br /><br />Agnon was never going to win Father Of The Year Award.Helshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/02849907428208235392noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3067098918914268503.post-58237013505822746462012-05-19T16:46:09.309+10:002012-05-19T16:46:09.309+10:00What a fascinating life and all credit to him for ...What a fascinating life and all credit to him for his abilities and sheer persistence, but I wonder what his wife and children would say.Hermeshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/00968366076064269729noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3067098918914268503.post-41194743990001606942012-05-19T09:46:05.911+10:002012-05-19T09:46:05.911+10:00Student
the architect Fritz Korenberg seems to ha...Student<br /><br />the architect Fritz Korenberg seems to have left an architectural legacy in Jerusalem, Haifa and on kibbutz, but I can't say I recognised his name before visiting the Agnon house museum. <br /><br />And Agnon _did_ say he didn't like Bauhaus. I am guessing he asked his neighbour Fritz Korenberg to do the design because:<br />1.they loved chatting together in German<br />2. Agnon valued modesty and this house was very modest.<br />3. Perhaps Korenberg offered a friend's price for his services.Helshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/02849907428208235392noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3067098918914268503.post-54179853534128557322012-05-19T09:37:26.083+10:002012-05-19T09:37:26.083+10:00Jane and Lance
agreed..there is something very sp...Jane and Lance<br /><br />agreed..there is something very special about visiting the home of a great cultural figure. I felt the same excitement visiting Agnon's house as I did visiting Rudyard Kipling's house, another Nobel laureate. Much more intimate than viewing the same papers, photos etc in a barren university archive.Helshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/02849907428208235392noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3067098918914268503.post-9550006377822146892012-05-19T08:59:21.758+10:002012-05-19T08:59:21.758+10:00There are approx 25 Bauhaus designs in Jerusalem, ...There are approx 25 Bauhaus designs in Jerusalem, but not thousands as Tel Aviv has. Still, why did Agnon choose a Bauhaus architect to design his house when he really didn't love that harsh style?History Studentnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3067098918914268503.post-47067989385798961302012-05-19T00:41:25.254+10:002012-05-19T00:41:25.254+10:00Hello Hels:
Both the author himself and his house,...Hello Hels:<br />Both the author himself and his house, now the museum, are clearly of great interest. How extraordinary that Agnon's library should be destroyed twice - we cannot imagine having to come to terms with a loss such as that. But how wonderful that today his books, his writing, where he worked and his home can all be accessed by the public. And, as you say, there is coffee to be enjoyed on the roof terrace too!Jane and Lance Hattatthttps://www.blogger.com/profile/16831890261259302647noreply@blogger.com