Lives and Embers - Jacob G Rosenberg australian now from his own star

now from his own star

When Aninku and Pepicek discover one morning that their mother is sick

"Mercy is part of justice - extenuating circumstances can result in a lesser punishment for a person who has committed a wrong

quickly turned into a life's work

delivered lightly

Lives and Embers - Jacob G Rosenberg australian now from his own starRemarkable prose collection from a notable Australian poet. If life is a cosmic stage where illusions are the only reality, says Jacob G. Rosenberg, it is through these illusions that we can sometimes better recognize our world, our fellows, and ourselves. Such is the author's hope in this book. The stories in the first part, Lives, explore dimensions of the human landscape. The shorter pieces that make up Embers, inspired by the midrashic tradition