| L'Arret de Mort=: Death Sentence Contributor(s): Blanchot, Maurice (Author) |
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ISBN: 1886449414 ISBN-13: 9781886449411 Publisher: Station Hill Press OUR PRICE: $13.46 Product Type: Paperback Published: June 1998 Annotation: This long awaited reprint of a book about which John Hollander wrote: 'A masterful version of one of the most remarkable novels in any language since World War II, ' is the story of the narrator's relations with two women, one terminally ill, the other found motionless by him in a darkened room after a bomb explosion has separated them. 'Through more than 40 years, the French writer Maurice Blanchot has produced an astonishing body of fiction and criticism, ' writes Gilbert Sorrentino in the New York Review of Books, ' and John Updike in The New Yorker: 'Blanchot's prose gives an impression, like Henry James, of carrying meanings so fragile they might crumble in transit.' |
| Additional Information |
| BISAC Categories: - Fiction | Literary |
| Dewey: FIC |
| LCCN: 98019965 |
| Physical Information: 0.31" H x 5.42" W x 8.51" (0.29 lbs) 86 pages |
| Descriptions, Reviews, Etc. |
| Publisher Description: Fiction. Translated from the French by Lydia Davis. This long awaited reprint of a book about which John Hollander wrote: A masterful version of one of the most remarkable novels in any language since World War II, is the story of the narrator's relations with two women, one terminally ill, the other found motionless by him in a darkened room after a bomb explosion has separated them. Through more than 40 years, the French writer Maurice Blanchot has produced an astonishing body of fiction and criticism, writes Gilbert Sorrentino in the New York Review of Books, and John Updike in The New Yorker: Blanchot's prose gives an impression, like Henry James, of carrying meanings so fragile they might crumble in transit. |
Contributor Bio(s): Blanchot, Maurice: - Maurice Blanchot is one of the most enigmatic and influential figures in modern French writing. His work encompasses the writing of novels and r |