Haï

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Haï
Author J. M. G. Le Clézio
Country France
Language French
Genre Essay
Publisher Editions d'art Albert Skira,Les Sentiers de la création, Geneva (prefer 1st edition)
Publication date
1971
Media type Print
Pages 170
ISBN 978-2-605-00112-5
OCLC 246772402
LC Class F1565.3.P45 C54 1987

Haï” is an essay written by French Nobel laureate J. M. G. Le Clézio.

Subject

Recurrent images are the sun and the sea, light and water. From 1969 to 1973 Le Clézio lived among the Emberá speaking Indians in Panama.[1][2]

Quote

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Explanation of "Haï"

Haï could br translated from French into English as Chai. Chai is a symbol and word that figures prominently in Jewish culture and consists of the letters of the Hebrew alphabet Het (ח) and Yod (י)

Publication history

First

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1971, France,Editions d'art Albert Skira,Les Sentiers de la création, Geneva
ISBN 978-2-605-00112-5

Reprint

It was reprinted by Flammarion, Paris in 1987.

References

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