FROM THE MEDIA
"Kalo predated to some extent A.B. Yehoshua
in the interesting combination of concrete social material with a symbolic web
which shapes this material into a pattern...I believe we should direct our
attention to this author... The task of critics is also to direct the attention
to a talent which somewhat was hidden from our sight, and which should be
encouraged to return to the literary life... I believe that we can place
greater hopes in him. I allow myself to ask: Where is Shlomo Kalo? We would
like to hear and read him and about him more!"
Prof. G. Shaked's concluding lines from a
large essay about Kalo published in Yedioth
Aharonot
"Every once in a while a work of art is written in a perfect language, as in the case of Shlomo Kalo's work "Kidnap"... a precise language like the Bible's language... a juicy, vigorous style like Babel's style... immeasurably profound conciseness... Young, dynamic freshness... a sweeping insight into the innermost recesses of the heroes' souls. Read, absorb, enjoy." "Shlomo Kalo's stories - profundity and dynamism" S.G, Vesti newspape
"Shlomo Kalo, who is considered one of the most fascinating thinkers and
spiritual persons in
"Shlomo Kalo, considered a giant spiritual man ... reveals in his new
book a
well-structured, fascinating teaching which is unequivocal and painfully
clear... from the Enlightened-one's point of view and in a lyrical style of a
born writer, Kalo teaches about Man's struggle for happiness and for
self-understanding, in a book which is a must..."
B. Melamed, "Laisha"
magazine, about "With no Interpretations and Additions"
"S. Kalo is a narrator. It is not the ornaments and the stylistic
decorations that capture his heart, but people's destinies and ways of
life..."
Prof. Natan Zach, prominent poet, Literary
Critic.