The Writing of the Disaster

by Maurice Blanchot (Author), Ann Smock (Translator), Maurice Blanchot (Author), Ann Smock (Translator)

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1995
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Reflects upon efforts to abide in disaster's infinite threat. First published in French in 1980, this title takes up the most serious tasks of writing: to describe, explain, and redeem when possible, and to admit what is not possible. Neither offers consolation.

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Reflects upon efforts to abide in disaster's infinite threat. First published in French in 1980, this title takes up the most serious tasks of writing: to describe, explain, and redeem when possible, and to admit what is not possible. Neither offers consolation.

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Format: Paperback
Pages: 153
Edition: New, Subsequent
Publisher: University of Nebraska Press
Published: 01 May 1995
ISBN 10: 0803261209
ISBN 13: 9780803261204