A World in Ruins. Chronicles of Intellectual Life, 1943, Paperback/Maurice Blanchot

This is the third volume of Maurice Blanchot 's war-time Literary Chronicles. Written in 1943, they appeared during the darkest days of the war yet also at a time when real hope for victory was becoming possible. Against the grain of any simple optimism, Blanchot identifies in ruin and disaster a sign and a chance for a mode of human relation that will truly guarantee the future. Publisher: Fordham University Press Author(s): Maurice Blanchot Translator: Michael Holland Number of pages: 320 Publication date: 2016 Dimensions: 153 x 229 x 22 Cover type: Paperback / softback