{"product_id":"the-writing-of-the-disaster","title":"The Writing of the Disaster","description":"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?\n\nThe 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.\n\nMaurice 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.\"\u003cbr\u003eASIN: 0803261209\u003cbr\u003eVSKU: DBV.0803261209.G\u003cbr\u003eCondition: Good\u003cbr\u003eAuthor\/Artist:Blanchot, Maurice|Smock, Ann\u003cbr\u003eBinding: Paperback\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eNote:\u003c\/b\u003e Any images shown are stock photographs and product may differ from what is shown.  \u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eCondition Notes\u003c\/b\u003e: Gently used with minimal wear on the corners and cover. A few pages may contain light highlighting or writing, but the text remains fully legible. Dust jacket may be missing, and supplemental materials like CDs or codes may not be included. May be ex-library with library markings. Ships promptly!  \u003cbr\u003e","brand":"Dream Books Co.","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":41606696927290,"sku":"DBV.0803261209.G","price":8.29,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0555\/6011\/0138\/files\/0803261209-0.jpg?v=1787366987","url":"https:\/\/shop.dreambooksco.com\/products\/the-writing-of-the-disaster","provider":"Dream Books Co.","version":"1.0","type":"link"}