Dahlia Ravikovitch, who died in 2005 at the age of sixty-nine, was one of Israel's most beloved writers. No other Hebrew poet, Chana Bloch and Chana Kronfeld remark in their introduction to Hovering ...

In Japan, clockwork automata (karakuri ningyō) emerged in the 17th century, and were mainly sold to wealthy or important people who used them to impress guests. These little mechanical dolls have an ...

On their way, the brothers encounter a samurai who is holding a member of the machine people prisoner. He with hatred claims clockwork dolls are for war. Following the attempted kidnapping of Hiwou's ...