The Book of Shares (Religion and Postmodernism)

by Edmond Jabes

R. Waldrop (Translator)

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As we approach sharing let us ask: "What belongs to me?"
Balance sheet of a life ratified by death.
Whatever exists has no existence unless shared.
Possessions under seal are lost possessions.
At first sight, giving, offering yourself in order to receive an equivalent gift in return, would seem to be ideal sharing.
But can All be divided?
Can a feeling, a book, a life be shared entirely?
On the other hand, if we cannot share all, what remains and will always remain outside sharing? What has never, at the heart of our possessions, been ours?
And what if we can share the vital desire to share, our only means of escape from solitude, from nothingness?
  • ISBN10 0226388867
  • ISBN13 9780226388861
  • Publish Date 18 October 1989
  • Publish Status Out of Stock
  • Out of Print 15 June 2015
  • Publish Country US
  • Imprint University of Chicago Press
  • Format Hardcover
  • Pages 106
  • Language English