The Singer on the Shore
Essays 19912004
Fiction & Literature, Essays & Letters, Essays, Nonfiction, Religion & Spirituality
| Author: | Gabriel Josipovici | ISBN: | 9781847779274 |
| Publisher: | Carcanet Press Ltd. | Publication: | May 28, 2006 |
| Imprint: | Carcanet Press Ltd. | Language: | English |
| Author: | Gabriel Josipovici |
| ISBN: | 9781847779274 |
| Publisher: | Carcanet Press Ltd. |
| Publication: | May 28, 2006 |
| Imprint: | Carcanet Press Ltd. |
| Language: | English |
Two central themes run through this new collection of authoritative and undogmatic essays: the Jewish experience and that of the work of art as a toy to be used for dreaming and playing rather than as a window to the world. The collection includes three essays on the Bible, as well as pieces devoted to Twelfth Night, Rembrandt's self-portraits, Tristram Shandy, Kafka's stories and aphorisms, Borges, Kierkegaard, and painter Andrez Jackowski. The title essay examines the relationship of the artists' works and their ideas, and the book concludes with personal meditations on memory, the Holocaust, Jewishness, and being a writer-teacher.
Two central themes run through this new collection of authoritative and undogmatic essays: the Jewish experience and that of the work of art as a toy to be used for dreaming and playing rather than as a window to the world. The collection includes three essays on the Bible, as well as pieces devoted to Twelfth Night, Rembrandt's self-portraits, Tristram Shandy, Kafka's stories and aphorisms, Borges, Kierkegaard, and painter Andrez Jackowski. The title essay examines the relationship of the artists' works and their ideas, and the book concludes with personal meditations on memory, the Holocaust, Jewishness, and being a writer-teacher.
