Another of Blanchot's almost-fictions (The One Who Was Standing
Apart From Me, etc., not reviewed), this 1962 work mingles the
briefest of narratives, cryptic dialogue, and even more cryptic
aphoristic statements with the myth of Orpheus's descent into the
underworld, throwing into deliciously baffling high relief the
enigmatic condition of a man and woman alone in a sparsely
furnished hotel room who try to remember what has happened to bring
them there as they apprehensively await whatever will happen next.
Their reserved confusion and quiet desperation eventually impress
upon them (and us) the realization that imagination (or, if you
will, writing) can create reality - and offer the paradoxical
solace that seems to rest at the heart of Blanchot's writing: the
sense that even language that expresses meaninglessness can't help
but contain and, therefore, convey meaning. (Kirkus Reviews)
"Another of Blanchot's almost-fictions ...throwing into deliciously
baffling high relief the enigmatic condition of a man and woman
alone in a sparsely furnished hotel room who try to remember what
has happened to bring them there as they apprehensively await
whatever will happen next. Their reserved confusion and quiet
desperation eventually impress upon them (and us) the realization
that imagination (or, if you will, writing) can create reality --
and offer the paradoxical solace that seems to rest at the heart of
Blanchot's writing: the sense that even language that expresses
meaninglessness can't help but contain and, therefore, convey
meaning." -- Kirkus. "This absolutely first-rate translation will
not only make Blanchot accessible to many new readers but will also
encourage Blanchot scholars and students to reconsider everything
they thought they knew about L'Attente l'oubli...This book should
be required reading, period." -- Choice. "Awaiting Oblivion is one
of [Blanchot's] crowning works ...a penetrating reflection upon
human nature, language, and literature."--Translation Review.
"Blanchot is a terrifying writer."--Review of Contemporary Fiction.
Maurice Blanchot has been for a half century one of France's
leading authors of fiction and theory. Two of his most ambitious
nonfiction works, The Space of Literature and The Writing of the
Disaster, are also available from the University of Nebraska Press,
as is The Most High, his third novel. John Gregg is the author of
Maurice Blanchot and the Literature of Transgression.
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