The Writing of the Disaster. Blanchot, Smock, (TRN) 9780803261204 New**

University of Nebraska Press

The Writing of the Disaster\nby Maurice Blanchot\nPaperback\nEnglish\n\nDelivery\nUsually delivered in 2\u20133 working days (dispatched today if ordered before 3pm).\n\nBrand new copy from BookCurl \u2013 the UK independent online bookseller.\n\n------------------------------\nBook details\n------------------------------\nAuthor: Maurice Blanchot\nTitle: The Writing of the Disaster\nFormat: Paperback\nLanguage: English\nTopic: Literature: history and criticism\nPublisher: MQ - University of Nebraska Press\nPublication year: 1995\nISBN-13: 9780803261204\nISBN-10: 0803261209\nRRP: \u00A323.99\n\n------------------------------\nDescription\n------------------------------\nReflects 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.\n\nReflects upon efforts to abide in disaster's infinite.