ISBN: 9780857420770 - the silent crossing (the french list) (4 Ergebnisse)

Zustand: New. pp. 296.

Hardcover. Zustand: As New. Zustand des Schutzumschlags: As New. 1st Edition. First edition. Text is clean and unmarked, binding tight, DJ unclipped and in excellent condition, no indications of previous ownership.

Hardcover. Zustand: Fine. Zustand des Schutzumschlags: Near Fine. Hardcover book is in very good condition. Dust jacket shows no wear. Pages are clean and unmarked with no folds or creases. Spine is tight. A haunting homage to life and liberty, to society and solitude, and to the binding and unbinding that constitute the weft of our lives. Drawing on materials from across many cultures, Pascal Quignard makes an effort to establish shared human values as the breeding ground for a modern Enlightenment. Considering atheism as a spiritual liberation, suicide as a free act, and the rejection of society as a free choice, the author explores philosophical themes that have run through human civilizations—most often as heresies—from our earliest days. In his search for freedom, Quignard questions the binding dependency of religion, querying how, in a world where all forms of society presuppose that someone (or some collective) is looking over our shoulders, we can be free. These reflections, he implies, are the essential spiritual exercise for our times. Few voices in contemporary French literature are more distinct than that of Quignard. By reading this fragmentary, episodic assemblage of intimate experiences and borrowed tales, we open up a space of liberty, creating for the reader space for meditation and, perhaps, liberation.…

hardcover. Zustand: Good. Minor wear on edges and corners. Clean pages with no other markings. The image in this listing is stock photo for reference. Actual item may differ. Any queries, just ask for photos. Your satisfaction matters!Ships same day in most cases!Textbooks may not include supplemental items i.e. CDs, access codes etc.…