At Maimonides Table - Softcover

Kuhn, Philip

Softcover

ISBN 10: 1848610203 ISBN 13: 9781848610200

Publisher: Shearsman Books, 2009

Synopsis

"At Maimonides Table" is constructed out of a complex series of unstable texts woven through four inter-locking books. Although there is no easily defined path through this work there is perhaps a half-remembered clew, in book two, which takes as its starting point the well known Talmudic story of the four who entered the garden - a parable which can also be read for the dangers confronting those who seek PaRaDiSe. Here is an exploration of an im/possible ethics of messianic faith promising earthly redemption through those four exegetical portals of Talmudic reading. But such messianic longing also sits uneasily when cast in the shadows of a history steeped in so much pain & suffering. Whilst this long book-length poem appears to confront specifically Jewish themes it can also be read and thought-through in non-denominational ways, not least because at its core lie questions concerning how we (individually and collectively) might still learn to become ourselves in peaceful relationship with others.

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About the Author

Philip Kuhn: poet, historian, designer book-binder & publisher of limited edition artists' books works across different textual practices with a multi-disciplinary approach to digital art forms. He lives and works on Dartmoor from where he also co-hosts the occasional readings series. in 2007 he established itinerant press and has now designed produced & published fifteen limited edition artist books.

Edition details

• Publisher: Shearsman Books
• Publication date: 2009
• Language: English
• ISBN 10: 1848610203
• ISBN 13: 9781848610200
• Binding: Paperback
• Edition number: 2
• Number of pages: 148