“edmond jabes”

The death of Edmond Jabes in January 1991 silenced one of the most compelling voices of the postmodern, post-Holocaust era. Jabes's importance as a thinker, philosopher, and Jewish theologian cannot be overestimated, and his enigmatic style--combining aphorism, fictional dialogue, prose meditation, ... More

The Book of Questions, of which volumes IV, V, VI are together published here, is a meditative narrative of Jewish Experience, and, more generally, man's relation to the world. In these volumes the word is personified in the woman Yael, silence in her still-born child Elya. Even though words imply a... More

The first anthology to span the oeuvre of the late writer Edmond Jabes, including pieces previously unpublished in English.The first anthology to span the oeuvre of the late writer Edmond Jabhs, including pieces previously unpublished in English. It is translated from the French and includes an intr... More

Poetry. "Desire for a Beginning Dread of One Single End", translated from the French by Rosmarie Waldrop, is a series of short aphoristic assertions permeated with a sense of melancholy and mortality. This Granary Books edition is designed by Ed Epping and also features his black and red digital ima... More

THE CREED OF BUDDHA quickly established itself, upon publication, as a famous journey to explore the deeper meaning of Buddha’s wonderful scheme of life, and to fathom the secret of his mysterious silence. Holmes uses subtle sympathy and imaginative insight to enter the thoughts of the Great Teach... More

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 b... More