Blanchot, Maurice

The space of literature by Maurice Blanchot( Book )
94 editions published between 1955 and 2011 in 10 languages and held by 1,016 libraries worldwide
L'auteur interroge l'oeuvre de Kafka, Holderlin, Rilke, Mallarmé et de bien d'autres; il n'existe peut-être pas de méditation aussi rigoureuse, aussi riche, sur les conduites créatrices dans toute l'histoire de la critique.

The step not beyond by Maurice Blanchot( Book )
43 editions published between 1973 and 2009 in 6 languages and held by 811 libraries worldwide

Thomas the obscure by Maurice Blanchot( Book )
91 editions published between 1941 and 2009 in 8 languages and held by 750 libraries worldwide
M. Blanchot décida en 1948 de réécrire son roman paru en 1941. Cette seconde version, publiée en 1950, réduit la version initiale considérablement. Cette édition reprend la version de 1941.

Le livre à venir by Maurice Blanchot( Book )
66 editions published between 1959 and 2008 in 5 languages and held by 710 libraries worldwide
"Le secret de la littérature, la littérature comme exigence et comme sens et sa voie à venir se trouvent au centre de ces recherches. Avec un savoir passionné et anxieux, il nous est parlé de Proust, d'Artaud, de Broch, de Musil, de Henry James, de Samuel Beckett, de Mallarmé, de plusieurs autres et même de celui qui sera, un jour, le dernier écrivain. Mais peut-être, plus que des auteurs et des livres, est-il question ici du mouvement d'où viennent tous les livres et qui détient, d'une manière encore cachée, l'avenir de la communication et la communication comme avenir.

The writing of the disaster = (L'ecriture du désastre) by Maurice Blanchot( Book )
43 editions published between 1980 and 2008 in 5 languages and held by 702 libraries worldwide
Modern history is haunted by the disasters of the century: world wars, concentration camps, Hiroshima, and the Holocaust - grief, anger, terror, and loss beyond words, but still close, still impending. How can we write or think about disaster when by its very nature it defies speech and compels silence, burns books and shatters meaning? The Writing of the Disaster reflects upon efforts to abide in disaster's infinite threat. First published in French in 1980, it 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. Maurice Blanchot has been praised on both sides of the Atlantic for his fiction and criticism. The philosopher Emmanuel Levinas once remarked that Blanchot's writing is a "language of pure transcendence, without correlative." Literary theorist and critic Geoffrey Hartman remarked that Blanchot's influence on contemporary writers "cannot be overestimated."

La part du feu by Maurice Blanchot( Book )
47 editions published between 1949 and 2009 in 6 languages and held by 701 libraries worldwide
Vingt-deux essais critiques consacrés à Kafka, Char, Sartre, Gide, B. Constant, Mallarmé; à la traduction, au surréalisme, etc. Fondamental.

The infinite conversation by Maurice Blanchot( Book )
50 editions published between 1969 and 2006 in 3 languages and held by 629 libraries worldwide
In this landmark volume, Blanchot sustains a dialogue with a number of thinkers whose contributions have marked turning points in the history of Western thought and have influenced virtually all the themes that inflect the contemporary literary and philosophical debate today.

Faux pas by Maurice Blanchot( Book )
34 editions published between 1943 and 2004 in 4 languages and held by 606 libraries worldwide

Friendship by Maurice Blanchot( Book )
32 editions published between 1971 and 2010 in 4 languages and held by 573 libraries worldwide

The sirens' song : selected essays by Maurice Blanchot( Book )
7 editions published in 1982 in English and held by 569 libraries worldwide