The Pure Element of Time

Haim Be’er

1998

Many years later, in London, Father was once again revealed to me in that long-ago evening in Ramat Poriya, sitting on the fence with the Kinnereth lying like a carcass behind him, but this time the rays of the setting sun fell straight on him and turned him gold. That day, one of the last days of the month of Tammuz, was the anniversary of his…

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Haim Be’er

b. 1945
Author, poet, and editor, Haim Be’er was born in Jerusalem. His religious upbringing had a strong influence on his work, as is evident in his autobiographical book Ḥavalim (published in English as The Pure Element of Time). Jerusalem’s atmosphere and characters animate his fiction, and Be’er writes of dreamers, eccentrics, and wonder-struck adventurers who live as much in their imaginations as in reality. His devotion to literature and his playful, peculiar, sensitive writing have made him one of Israel’s most cherished and admired literary figures. Be’er was an editor at the Am Oved publishing house and teaches Hebrew Literature at Ben-Gurion University. In 2005, he was awarded the ACUM Prize for Lifetime Achievement.

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