Vivre avec nos morts Petit traité de consolation - Delphine Horvilleur
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Every day, a rabbi is confronted with the mystery of death. To accompany the dying and comfort the bereaved, he tries to transmute the inescapable, to find meaning in it: "I stand by women and men who, at pivotal moments in their lives, need stories," writes Delphine Horvilleur. This book of consolation tightly weaves together three threads - storytelling, exegesis and confession: the narration of an interrupted existence, the way to give meaning to this death through traditional texts, and the evocation of an intimate wound or the recollection of a buried memory. Sacred texts open a passageway between the living and the dead, and "the role of a storyteller is to stand at the door to ensure that it remains open", inviting us to make peace with our departed and with our own history.
Un rabbin est confronté chaque jour au mystère de la mort. Pour accompagner les mourants et réconforter les endeuillés, il tente de transmuer l’inéluctable, d’y trouver du sens : « Je me tiens aux côtés de femmes et d'hommes qui, aux moments charnières de leurs vies, ont besoin de récits », écrit Delphine Horvilleur. Ce livre de consolation tresse étroitement trois fils – le conte, l'exégèse et la confession : la narration d'une existence interrompue, la manière de donner une signification à cette mort à travers les textes de la tradition, et l'évocation d'une blessure intime ou la remémoration d'un souvenir enfoui. Les textes sacrés ouvrent un passage entre les vivants et les défunts, et « le rôle d'un conteur est de se tenir à la porte pour s'assurer qu'elle reste ouverte », nous invitant ainsi à faire la paix avec nos disparus et avec notre propre histoire.
- Poids de l'article : 138 g
- Dimensions : 11 x 1 x 17.9 cm
Every day, a rabbi is confronted with the mystery of death. To accompany the dying and comfort the bereaved, he tries to transmute the inescapable, to find meaning in it: "I stand by women and men who, at pivotal moments in their lives, need stories," writes Delphine Horvilleur. This book of consolation tightly weaves together three threads - storytelling, exegesis and confession: the narration of an interrupted existence, the way to give meaning to this death through traditional texts, and the evocation of an intimate wound or the recollection of a buried memory. Sacred texts open a passageway between the living and the dead, and "the role of a storyteller is to stand at the door to ensure that it remains open", inviting us to make peace with our departed and with our own history.
Un rabbin est confronté chaque jour au mystère de la mort. Pour accompagner les mourants et réconforter les endeuillés, il tente de transmuer l’inéluctable, d’y trouver du sens : « Je me tiens aux côtés de femmes et d'hommes qui, aux moments charnières de leurs vies, ont besoin de récits », écrit Delphine Horvilleur. Ce livre de consolation tresse étroitement trois fils – le conte, l'exégèse et la confession : la narration d'une existence interrompue, la manière de donner une signification à cette mort à travers les textes de la tradition, et l'évocation d'une blessure intime ou la remémoration d'un souvenir enfoui. Les textes sacrés ouvrent un passage entre les vivants et les défunts, et « le rôle d'un conteur est de se tenir à la porte pour s'assurer qu'elle reste ouverte », nous invitant ainsi à faire la paix avec nos disparus et avec notre propre histoire.
- Poids de l'article : 138 g
- Dimensions : 11 x 1 x 17.9 cm
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