Date: Tue, 17 Feb 1998 20:50:00 -0500 Subject: Re: MB: michel leiris >Yo- >I just picked up 'Scratches', the first volume of Michel Leiris's Rules of >the Game. It's translated by Lydia Davis. Does anybody know anything >about this book? The only thing I've read by leiris is Manhood and I >thought that totally rocked. -jan Check out Derrida's essay "Tympan," it has a huge section from SCRATCHES taped onto the margin. I'm currently reading the Lydia Davis translation myself. I had to make do with the original French "Biffures" for years. Look to see an explosion of Leiris on the English-speaking intelliscene now that more of his work has been translated--just my prediction. eric eric | c | puryear
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