1st Edition

Edmond Jabes and the Hazard of Exile

By Steven Jaron Copyright 2003
204 Pages
by Routledge

204 Pages
by Routledge

For a man who no longer has a homeland, writing becomes a place to live (Theodor Adorno). The Jewish writer Edmond Jabes, born in Cairo in 1912, wrote explicitly from the perspective of exile once he arrived in France after the Suez crisis. However, Jaron argues, exile was a predominant theme even before Jabes left Egypt. He brings to light the author's associations with other francophone writers... Read more
Introduction; 1: Judaism in the Margin; 2: A Still–Born Poet; 3: 'La Patrie de l'humain'; 4: Exile Confirmed; 5: On Not Belonging

Biography

Steven Jaron