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Il percorso

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"À ce point du parcours, il me fallait, par souci, sans doute, de précision, d'objectivité aussi - mais peut-on être objectif ? - repenser ma relation au judaïsme et à l'écriture. À un certain judaïsme - l'ai-je assez souligné ? - passant par le livre et se reconnaissant en lui. Ces pages auraient pu prendre la forme d'un journal. Elles ont partie liée avec ma vie. Toute réflexion est spéculative. On interroge, en premier lieu, ce que l'on a inventé. Et qui sait si cette invention n'est pas, soi-même, vérité ; unique moyen, en tout cas, d'atteindre à la vérité ? Rien n'est donné. Tout est à prendre - à apprendre." Edmond Jabès.

142 pages, Hardcover

First published January 1, 1985

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Edmond Jabès

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Edmond Jabes was a major voice in French poetry in the latter half of this century. An Egyptian Jew, he was haunted by the question of place and the loss of place in relation to writing, and he was one of the most significant thinkers of what one might call poetical alienation. He focused on the space of the book, seeing it as the true space in which exile and the promised land meet in poetry and in question. (This is summarized from the reader's description in A New History of French Literature, ed. Denis Hollier.) Very many of Jabes's books of prose and poetry have been translated into English, including The Book of Dialogue ( Wesleyan, 1987) and The Book of Margins (Chicago, 1993), both translated by Rosmarie Waldrop.

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October 15, 2017
"La prosa rinvia la scrittura a se stessa, la poesia la moltiplica. L'una la piega, l'altra la dispiega." (p. 34)

"Te ne stai curvo sul libro: è lui che ti piega." (p. 67)

"Essere quel che si scrive. Scrivere quel che si è. Tale è la posta in gioco." (p. 102)

"Cos'è vivere, se non negare il Nulla?" (p. 138)
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Author 7 books134 followers
October 8, 2017
"La prosa rinvia la scrittura a se stessa, la poesia la moltiplica. L'una la piega, l'altra la dispiega." (p. 34)

"Te ne stai curvo sul libro: è lui che ti piega." (p. 67)

"Essere quel che si scrive. Scrivere quel che si è. Tale è la posta in gioco." (p. 102)

"Cos'è vivere, se non negare il Nulla?" (p. 138)
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