Date: Tue, 17 Feb 1998 20:50:00 -0500
From: "eric c. puryear" <puryeaec-AT-cinternet.net>
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

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