Date:          Wed, 26 Jul 1995 12:50:31 +0100 (BST)
Subject:       Re: MB: Recommendation?


> Date:          Sun, 23 Jul 1995 14:20:19 -0400 (EDT)
> From:          Ryan Trimm <trimmrs-AT-email.unc.edu>
> To:            blanchot-AT-jefferson.village.virginia.edu
> Cc:            blanchot-AT-jefferson.village.virginia.edu
> Subject:       Re: MB: Recommendation?
> Reply-to:      blanchot-AT-jefferson.village.virginia.edu

> Tom,
> 
> Well, I'll jump in until someone who has read more can offer 
> more substantial advice.  Of the fictional works which I've read, I 
> enjoyed _Death Sentence_ the most.  I also liked _The Last Man_ and 
> _Thomas the Obscure_ (which I think is supposed to be his greatest 
> fictional achievement).  _Vicious Circles_ has two short pieces which I 
> remember as being Kafkaesque.  Sorry this is at the thumbs up/thumbs down 
> level--my reading of Blanchot's fiction (which might be the best way 
> to enter the oeuvre) was done a couple of years ago and I'm still trying 
> to work my way through to a better grasp of his thinking.
> 
> In terms of nonfiction, I've only read essays here and there, but _The 
> Space of Literature_ and _The Infinite Conversation_ (a pretty thick 
> work) both have some big pieces.  Some of these are gathered in _The Gaze 
> of Orpheus_, which is (I think) more or less of an American anthology.  
> Anyway, those are some books you might want to take a look at.  Enjoy.
> 
> Ryan Trimm
> trimmrs-AT-email.unc.edu
> 
> On Sun, 23 Jul 1995, Tom Blancato wrote:
> 
> > Can anyone recommend a good first or major work of Blanchot?
> > ---
> > There is no path to peace. Peace is the path.
> > 
> > Tom Blancato
> > tblancato-AT-envirolink.org
> > Eyes on Violence (nonviolence and human rights monitoring in Haiti)
> > Thoughtaction Collective (reparative justice project)
> > 

Start with Literature and the Right to Death (in La Part du feu / The 
Work of Fire)

Leslie Hill
Department of French Studies
University of Warwick
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