On Bataille and Blanchot (The Seagull Sartre Library), Paperback–2021

About the Book
‘There is a crisis of the essay,’ begins Sartre as he ventures into a longanalysis of how the work of one of his contemporaries who might savethis form—Geroges Bataille. He reviews Aminadab, the important workof another hugely influential philosopher—Maurice Blanchot, throughwhom, writes Sartre, ‘the literature of the fantastic continues the steadyprogress that will inevitably unite it, ultimately, with what it has alwaysbeen.’

About the Author
Iconic French novelist, playwright and essayist, Jean-Paul Sartre (1905–1980) is widely recognized as one of the most important philosophers of the twentieth century, whose 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 volumes.