Edmond Jabes and the Hazard of Exile - The Hazard of Exile (Paperback)

The Jewish poet Edmond Jabes, born in Cairo in 1912, characterized his writings as 'not belonging'. Drawing on unpublished archival and rare printed sources, Steven Jaron traces this sense of exile to early beginnings, while Jabes was still living in Egypt. At that time, the young writer, moving in Francophone literary circles close to the Surrealists, felt that he belonged in France. But his expectations of integration remained unfulfilled: on his arrival in Paris in 1957 after the Suez crisis, Jabes was disturbed to find persistent anti-Semitism. This led him to assume what he called his 'Jewish condition', and in his critically acclaimed Livre des Questions cycle (1963-73) the Shoah became a focal point. Jaron examines how Jabes's oeuvre formed a cohesive whole, providing the exile with the homeland he lacked.

General

Imprint:	Legenda
Country of origin:	United Kingdom
Release date:	November 2002
First published:	2003
Authors:	Steven Jaron
Dimensions:	229 x 152 x 14mm (L x W x T)
Format:	Paperback
Pages:	204
ISBN-13:	978-1-900755-71-9
Categories:	Books > Language & Literature > Literature: history & criticism > Literary studies > From 1900 Books > Language & Literature > Literature: history & criticism > Novels, other prose & writers > General Books > Social sciences > Sociology, social studies > Ethnic studies > Jewish studies
LSN:	1-900755-71-8
Barcode:	9781900755719

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