a writer known to all Israelis--it was recently announced that her face will appear on the new 100-shekel note--and very few Americans. Goldberg was born in Lithuania in 1911 and decided as a teenager to become a Hebrew writer; she had already been writing stories (and keeping a diary) in Hebrew for a decade when she made aliya in 1935. From then until her death in 1970, she wrote prolifically in a number of genres, especially poetry, and taught literature at Hebrew University. Goldberg published only one novel, Vehu Ha'Or, in 1946--it has the distinction of being the first modern Hebrew novel by a woman. Now the indispensable Toby Press, which does more to bring Hebrew literature to America than any other publisher, has issued the first English translation of Goldberg's novel, titled And This Is the Light ($24.95) and translated by Barbara Harshav.from Adam Kirsch: Tablet: Coming of Age
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