The horror of reason in the Age of Enlightenment, the palimpsest of that horror in the age of disenchantment. There are times when literature goes beyond representing an era and grasps the madness behind it. There Are Not So Many Stars (the definitive edition of Pisot) is that rare work that tells the story of certain men who bear the indelible mark of monstrous times. For this reason, and for its clean, erudite writing, this book is destined to become...