The Most High: Le Tres-Haut

by Maurice Blanchot

Book Overview

"Blanchot describes a world where the Absolute has finally overcome all other rivals to its authority. The State is unified, universal, and homogenous, promising perfect satisfaction. Why then does it find revolt everywhere? Could it be the omnipresent police? The plagues? The proliferating prisons and black markets? Written in part as a description of post-World War II Europe, Blanchot's dystopia charts with terrible clarity the endless death of...

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 080326190X
• ISBN13: 9780803261907
• Release Date: May 2001
• Publisher: Bison Books
• Length: 258 Pages
• Weight: 0.75 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.7" x 5.0" x 8.0"