Takes up the poetic heritages of Paul Celan, whose widow, the artist Gisele Celan-Lestrange, had lived nearby. What is the weight of Celan's burden/beauty in this old Jewish crystal quarter? What was the value of Heine's different, assimilated Jewishness, as he endured his painful spinal malady? This title deals with these questions.
Takes up the poetic heritages of Paul Celan, whose widow, the artist Gisele Celan-Lestrange, had lived nearby. What is the weight of Celan's burden/beauty in this old Jewish crystal quarter? What was the value of Heine's different, assimilated Jewishness, as he endured his painful spinal malady? This title deals with these questions.