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Exploring the experiences of Russian authors who immigrated to Israel during the 1990s, this volume highlights the contributions of Dina Rubina, Nekod Singer, Elizaveta Mikhailichenko, Yury Nesis, and Mikhail Yudson. It delves into how their works, primarily created in Israel, reflect their unique cultural perspectives and the impact of their new environment on their literary output.

This book discusses the enchantment and power of gesture in literature and art, using a wide selection of cultural and scientific materials, from the Bible, Quintillian and Buddhism to David McNeil’s cognitive psychology, Eric Gans’ philosophical anthropology and Richard Sennett’s sociology. The author demonstrates that represented gestures, and even those that are not represented, originate a unique cognitive-physical interaction between the reader or viewer and the composition. The discussion focuses mainly on an analysis of gestural poetics in a number of works of modern Hebrew writers, from the beginning of the twentieth to the beginning of the twenty-first century, from Uri Nissan Gnessin and Jacob Steinberg to Meir Shalev and Etgar Keret. In the course of the discussion gesture is shown to be a micro-myth that unites order and chaos, a mechanism that establishes the power of symbolism and visibility in the modern culture of the «fall of public man». The study demonstrates the variety of ways in which a myth of impossible and inevitable touch-non-touch gestures is created.

Exploring the concept of literary mythopoesis, this work delves into the transformation of narrative and personality during the reading experience. It builds on Aleksei Losev's idea of myth as a miraculous personality's history, examining how narratives evolve and resonate with readers. Through this lens, the author investigates the interplay between myth and literature, offering insights into the creative process and the impact of storytelling on both the narrative and the reader's perception.