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The book of shares

Edmond Jabès ; translated by Rosmarie Waldrop

(Religion and postmodernism)

University of Chicago Press, 1989

Other Title

Livre du partage

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Translation of: Le livre du partage

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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?

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  • NCID
    BA20231666
  • ISBN
    • 0226388867
  • LCCN
    89004928
  • Country Code
    us
  • Title Language Code
    eng
  • Text Language Code
    eng
  • Place of Publication
    Chicago
  • Pages/Volumes
    100 p.
  • Size
    23 cm
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