Amichai, You have a wonderful gift for retelling a story in which you weave a fidelity to the original with your own shrewd remarks and interpretive queries. Today I was reminded of Charles Lamb---a second tier poet and essayist in the early 19th century wrote a book, "Tales of Shakespeare" (1807) for his younger siblings to help them through the twists and turns of the Bard's plots. The book has never been out of print since.
Amichai, You have a wonderful gift for retelling a story in which you weave a fidelity to the original with your own shrewd remarks and interpretive queries. Today I was reminded of Charles Lamb---a second tier poet and essayist in the early 19th century wrote a book, "Tales of Shakespeare" (1807) for his younger siblings to help them through the twists and turns of the Bard's plots. The book has never been out of print since.