Gravity And Grace
by Simone Weil
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12 Sept 2002
Paperback
Taylor & Francis Group
Routledge
9780415290012
Gravity and Grace was the first ever publication by the remarkable thinker and activist, Simone Weil. In it Gustave Thibon, the farmer to whom she had entrusted her notebooks before her untimely death, compiled in one remarkable volume a compendium of her writings that have become a source of spiritual guidance and wisdom for countless individuals. On the fiftieth anniversary of the first English edition - by Routledge & Kegan Paul in 1952 - this Routledge Classics edition offers English readers the complete text of this landmark work for the first time ever, by incorporating a specially commissioned translation of the controversial chapter on Israel. Also previously untranslated is Gustave Thibon's postscript of 1990, which reminds us how privileged we are to be able to read a work which offers each reader such 'light for the spirit and nourishment for the soul'. This is a book that no one with a serious interest in the spiritual life can afford to be without.
Questions I had upon viewing this book's cover included: Is it 'While' or 'Vile'? Is this a Jesus book? Why is there half a weird orange balloon on it? 1. It's actually "Vay" (the French!). 2. Sort of. 3. In my experience, the balloon grows on you. Whether you find these answers reassuring or not, Weil (again, read: "Vay") remains uninterested in diluting her stunningly original insights with niceties and this book remains, despite all misgivings, a work of genius, a take on Christianity that feels at once alien and deeply human. There is no other book like this.
Tony, Unity Books wellington
