{"product_id":"the-silent-crossing-paperback","title":"The Silent Crossing - Paperback","description":"\u003cp\u003eby \u003cb\u003ePascal Quignard\u003c\/b\u003e (Author), \u003cb\u003eChris Turner\u003c\/b\u003e (Translator)\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eA haunting homage to life and liberty, to society and solitude, and to the binding and unbinding that constitute the weft of our lives.\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e 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. \u003cp\u003e \u003c\/p\u003e\u003ch3\u003eAuthor Biography\u003c\/h3\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003ePascal Quignard\u003c\/b\u003e is the author of more than sixty titles and is widely regarded as one of the foremost literary French writers today. In 2002, he won France's most prestigious literary prize, the Prix Goncourt, with \u003ci\u003eThe Roving Shadows\u003c\/i\u003e, the first work of nonfiction to win the prize.\u003cb\u003e Chris Turner\u003c\/b\u003e is a writer and translator who lives in Birmingham, England. For Seagull Books, he has translated Jean-Paul Sartre's \u003ci\u003eThe Aftermath of War\u003c\/i\u003e, \u003ci\u003ePortraits\u003c\/i\u003e, and \u003ci\u003eCritical Essays;\u003c\/i\u003e and André Gorz's \u003ci\u003eEcologica\u003c\/i\u003e and \u003ci\u003eThe Immaterial\u003c\/i\u003e.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eNumber of Pages:\u003c\/strong\u003e 306\u003c\/div\u003e\u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eDimensions:\u003c\/strong\u003e 0.87 x 7.95 x 5.04 IN\u003c\/div\u003e\u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003ePublication Date:\u003c\/strong\u003e March 07, 2024\u003c\/div\u003e","brand":"Books by splitShops","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":42695611580479,"sku":"9781803093611","price":22.8,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":false}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0105\/8226\/1823\/files\/bd32ba4b4455d12cfd53dad6b565ab10.webp?v=1765004419","url":"https:\/\/dhlswag.com\/products\/the-silent-crossing-paperback","provider":"BBB","version":"1.0","type":"link"}