Gabriel Josipovici Livres

This personal book explores both the public and the private dimensions of forgetting and its scary Siamese twin, remembering.

A new collection of groundbreaking work from the distinguished essayist and author

Jack Tolenado, a Sephardic Jew from Egypt and ex-University lecturer in English is writing a history of Moor Park which is also a history of himself and his times, of the Jews and the English. The themes in this book have preoccupied the author for the past 25 years.

A novel based on the life of painter, Pierre Bonnard.

The 18th novel from the distinguished novelist, short story writer, critic and playwright. A short, intense mystery novel that begins in gentle elegy and ends in diabolism and murder.

An autobiography emerges from this Covid diary by the celebrated novelist, short story writer, critic and playwright.

Set at the turn of the eighteenth century, a Jewish writer is invited to an English manor to read through the night. As he narrates, a series of seemingly unrelated stories emerge, exploring themes of incest, madness, and a poetic competition in the court of George III. These narratives gradually intertwine, creating a rich tapestry that blurs the lines between past and present, imagination and reality, culminating in a profound and cohesive exploration of human experience.

Deals with Tancredo Pavone, the wealthy and eccentric Sicilian nobleman and avant-garde composer. In this book his manservant recalls what his master told him about his colourful life and repeats Pavone's often outrageous opinions about everything from the current state of the world to the inner life of each note.

Exploring the richness of Biblical narratives reveals their depth beyond childhood interpretations. These stories emerge from a sophisticated literary tradition, articulated in expressive Hebrew and interwoven with diverse writings. The book encourages readers to engage with the narratives using adult perspectives, uncovering often overlooked dimensions, wit, and humor. By doing so, it highlights the universal appeal and contemporary relevance of these tales, inviting a fresh appreciation for their complexity and significance.

William Shakespeare's Hamlet is probably the best-known and most commented upon work of literature in Western culture. 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," as Hamlet himself says, precisely mirrors what is going on in the play; and what Shakespeare's play demonstrates is that to conceive human character (and works of art) in this way is profoundly misguided. Rather than rushing to conclusions or setting out a theory of what Hamlet is "about," therefore, we should read and watch patiently and openly, allowing the play to unfold before us in its own time and trying to see each moment in the context of the whole. Josipovici's valuable book is thus an exercise in analysis which puts the physical experience of watching and reading at the heart of the critical process--at once a practical introduction to a great and much-loved play and a sophisticated intervention in some of the key questions of theory and aesthetics of our time.