The Death of Lysanda was originally published in Hebrew as Mot Lysanda by Sifriat Poalim Ltd, Jerusalem, 1964; Ants was originally published in Hebrew as Nemalim by Am Oved, Tel Aviv, 1968
Richard Flint’s translation of The Death of Lysanda first published by Jonathan Cape, London, 1970; David Zaraf’s translation of Ants first appeared in The Iowa Review, 1980
Copyright © by Yitzhak Opaz
English translations © by Yitzhak Opaz
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