Lovers: A Midrash

Lovers: A Midrash

(out of print)


A unique spiritual apprehension of the modern world. This is a remarkable accomplishment, written with humour and compassion.

- A. B. Yehoshua

Lovers is an intriguing experiment, part myth, part aphorism, laced through with cries and episodes of private emotion. In drawing on her own passions, Edeet Ravel evokes passionate echoes from the reader.

- Elizabeth Spencer

Splendid - a world of vision mediated through and through by language fascinating and vibrant.

- Shedomot, Tel Aviv

Bringing the practice of Rabbinical interpretation to bear on the theme of love is a master stroke... seductive, thought provoking and sensitive.

- Montreal Gazette

This haunting prose poem novel is essentially an exploration of the complex interrelationships between interpretation, knowledge, communication and desire. It freed me to imagine a House of Study where we could discuss our dreams and our daily lives, along with our most profound and scared thoughts about poetry and the nature of the universe.

- Canadian Literature