From the Desert to the Book

by Edmond Jabès

Book Overview

The fate of the individual among disintegrating tradition is a major theme of Edmund Jabes. In this book of literary and philosophical conversations, France's leading Jewish writer adds an intimate, personal dimension to his formidable 40-year career. Compelling in its inquiry into the fate of reading and writing in our time, it is also profoundly ambiguous, open to a multiplicity of possible readings. This work offers insight of a new kind into...

• Format: Hardcover
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0882680617
• ISBN13: 9780882680613
• Release Date: January 2010
• Publisher: Station Hill Press
• Length: 122 Pages