The Book of Questions: Volume II – $585
by rgonzalezr
The Book of Questionsis “first of all a response to the problem of writing after the Holocaust, of speaking the unspeakable. To Theodor Adorno’s assertion that ‘one can no longer write poetry after Auschwitz,’ Mr. Jabes offers the poet’s only possible reply: ‘One must.’ Mr. Jabes recognizes, though, that one can no longer write as before. His answer to this dilemma takes the form of a series of questions about book, word and sentence, speech and silence, God, justice […]
Categories: Filosofía, Poesía • Tags: Edmond Jabes, Rosemarie Waldrop, Wesleyan