Writing in fragments is often held to be one of the most distinctive signature effects of Romantic, modern, and postmodern literature. But what is the fragment, and what may be said to be its literary, philosophical, and political significance? Few writers have explored these questions with such pro[...]

This long awaited reprint of a book about which John Hollander wrote: "A masterful version of one of the most remarkable novels in any language since World War II," is the story of the narrator's relations with two women, one terminally ill, the other found motionless by him in a darkened room after[...]

Maurice Blanchot

Maurice Blanchot (1907-2003) varen av efterkrigstidens viktigaste fransa författare och kritiker men fortfarande märkligt lite känd i Sverige. I Blanchots essäer utkristalliseras många av de föreställningar om skrivandet och läsandet som legat till grund för den moderna franska textteorin.<[...]