The Shunra and the Schmetterling

by Yoel Hoffmann

Shunra is Aramaic for "cat." Schmetterling is German for "butterfly." In Yoel Hoffmann's new book, these and numerous other creatures, cultures, and languages meet in a magical shimmering hymn to childhood. Hoffmann traces his hero's developing consciousness of the ways-and-wonders of the world as though he were peering through a tremendous kaleidoscope: all that was perceived, all that is remembered, is rendered in fluid fragments of color and light...

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0811215679
• ISBN13: 9780811215671
• Release Date: May 2004
• Publisher: New Directions Publishing Corporation
• Length: 128 Pages
• Weight: 0.30 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.4" x 5.6" x 8.0"