Chicago: University of Chicago Press, 1989. First Edition. Hardcover octavo, dark gray cloth with gilt stamped lettering to spine, 100 pp. Review slip laid in. Near Fine, unblemished save light soiling to top of text block./Fine jacket, trace soiling.. First Edition of Jabes' Book of Shares, "a brief but particularly powerful statement of many of Jabes's lifelong preoccupations: the possibilities of writing and dialogue after the Holocaust, the repressed meaning of God, the limits of language, the status of the Book, and the exile of the Jew" (from the jacket).

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Bookseller: Better Read Than Dead (US)
Bookseller's Inventory #: 690
Title: The Book of Shares
Author: Edmond Jabes
Format/Binding: Hardcover octavo, dark gray cloth with gilt stamped lettering to spine, 100 pp. Review slip laid in
Book Condition: Used - Near Fine, unblemished save light soiling to top of text block.
Jacket Condition: Fine jacket, trace soiling.
Quantity Available: 1
Edition: First Edition
Binding: Hardcover
ISBN 10: 0226388867
ISBN 13: 9780226388861
Publisher: University of Chicago Press
Place of Publication: Chicago
Date Published: 1989
Keywords: Judaism, Jewish

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