CONTENTS

Translator’s Note

Interviewer’s Note

An Unsentimental Education: From Exile to the Institute

To Be a Guest on Earth: Reflections on Judaism

“Every Language Opens a Window onto a New World”

“God Is Kafka’s Uncle”: From the Book to Books

The Humanities Can Make Us Inhuman: The Twentieth Century Has Morally Weakened Humanity

Epilogue: Learning How to Die