Synopses & Reviews
Synopsis
These poems take the reader on an imaginary journey through the great Jewish thinkers life, revealing a man who embraced the secular world while retaining his identity as a Jew. The title refers to the 25 life-size apes Mendelssohn was forced to buy as a married Jew under Frederick the Great. A brilliant cycle of poems.... A shining poetic monument to a unique individual. Moshe Dor, poet and journalist