In the course of a single extensive interview, this novel recounts the colorful life of a wealthy, eccentric Italian composer through multiple layers of unreality...
Drawing on books and films, cultural history and his own experiences, Gabriel Josipovici argues that it is possible to feel comfortable in the world and in our relationships with others only if we value touch over sight, if we respect distance but also wor..
Unique and intriguing, the narratives take place in a variety of settings—including a seedy London nightclub in the 1960s, a brothel in Hamburg during World War I, and an airport in Bukovina in 1942—and explore not only Shakespeare’s mind a..
Book annotation not available for this title.Title: Silver ChiefAuthor: O'Brien, JackPublisher: Buccaneer BooksPublication Date: 1991/06/01Number of Pages: Binding Type: HARDCOVERLibrary of Congress:
The paradox is that it is at once utterly familiar and strangely elusive—very like our own selves, argues Gabriel Josipovici in this stimulating and original study. Moreover, our desire to master this elusiveness, to “pluck the heart out of its mystery..
From the title piece, which examines the relationship between artists' works and their beliefs, to the concluding meditations on memory and the Holocaust, The Singer on the Shore is unified by the twin themes of Jewish experience, with its consciousness of..
