Everyone was born with a certain amount of words?

greenfire

Wed, Dec 25 2013, 1:08 pm

zaq wrote:

That's an awfully wordy response for a person who believes that she will literally die when she uses up her allotment of words.

she was probably on her death bed ... nothing to lose What

etky

Wed, Dec 25 2013, 1:15 pm

I disliked it in HS when I had to read it for the bagrut but I enjoyed it when I reread it last summer. This time I appreciated the depiction of early mandate-era Jerusalem as well as the juxtaposed characterizations of old age through the personas of Tehilla and the Rabbanit. I don't think this is a story that young people can really relate to. The fact that most of us who read it did so in HS probably accounts for its unpopularity.
Still - I can't say it's my favorite work by Agnon by a longshot.

Isramom8

Wed, Dec 25 2013, 1:25 pm

I didn't hate it; it was just too drawn out for an Ivrit class in America. I loved when we learned Israeli songs for Ivrit class. My kids can't believe that these fun songs were my school work and tests.