{"product_id":"on-bataille-and-blanchot-paperback","title":"On Bataille and Blanchot - Paperback","description":"\u003cp\u003eby \u003cb\u003eJean-Paul Sartre\u003c\/b\u003e (Author), \u003cb\u003eChris Turner\u003c\/b\u003e (Translator)\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eAn in-depth analysis of two of Sartre's contemporaries, Bataille and Blanchot.\u003c\/b\u003e \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e Iconic French novelist, playwright, and essayist Jean-Paul Sartre is widely recognized as one of the most important philosophers of the twentieth century, and his work has remained relevant and thought-provoking through the decades. The Seagull Sartre Library now presents some of his most incisive philosophical, cultural, and literary critical essays in twelve newly designed and affordable editions. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \"There is a crisis of the essay,\" begins Sartre as he ventures into a long analysis of the work of one of his contemporaries who he argues might save this form: Georges Bataille. From there, Sartre moves on in this compact volume to consider \u003ci\u003eAminadab\u003c\/i\u003e, the most important work of another hugely influential philosopher, Maurice Blanchot, through whom, writes Sartre, \"the literature of the fantastic continues the steady progress that will inevitably unite it, ultimately, with what it has always been.\" \u003cbr\u003e\u003ch3\u003eAuthor Biography\u003c\/h3\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eJean-Paul Sartre\u003c\/b\u003e (1905-1980) was a French novelist, playwright, and biographer who is widely recognized as one of the most important philosophers of the twentieth century. His work earned him the 1964 Nobel Prize in Literature. \u003cb\u003eChris Turner \u003c\/b\u003eis a translator and writer living in Birmingham, UK. He has translated more than eighty books from French and German.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eNumber of Pages:\u003c\/strong\u003e 110\u003c\/div\u003e\u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eDimensions:\u003c\/strong\u003e 0.3 x 7.8 x 5 IN\u003c\/div\u003e\u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003ePublication Date:\u003c\/strong\u003e August 12, 2021\u003c\/div\u003e","brand":"Books by splitShops","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":51767678271776,"sku":"9780857429131","price":10.5,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":false}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0974\/9764\/5344\/files\/232ca3e8862f484fabace4bd96947978.webp?v=1780315092","url":"https:\/\/ebocreations.com\/products\/on-bataille-and-blanchot-paperback","provider":"The E-Book Oasis LLC","version":"1.0","type":"link"}