Robert Alter Books
Pen of iron
By Robert Alter
In this book, biblical translator and literary critic Robert Alter traces some of the fascinating ways that American novelists--from Melville, Hemingway, and Faulkner to Bellow, Marilynne Robinson,...
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The Song of Songs
By Ariel Bloch, Translated With An Introduction, Commentary By Chana Bloch
“Next to Genesis, no book in the Hebrew Bible has had a stronger influence on Western literature than the Song of Songs.”–The New York Review of BooksOne of the greatest love poem...
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