while convincing cases are made for the major significance of later novels such as Bornholm Night-Ferry and Lions of the Grunewald
but such a sacrifice
from small-town dramas to tales of urban savagery
Approaching Disappearance explores the question of disappearance in Blanchot's critical work and then turns to five narratives that offer a unique reflection on the threat of disappearance and the demands of literature—work by Franz Kafka
The Bathroom was Jean-Philippe Toussaint's debut novel
Autoportrait Europe while convincing cases are madedouard Lev's unusual and uncompromising autobiography, translated by Lorin Stein . . . [continued] In this brilliant and sobering self portrait, Edouard Lev hides nothing from his readers, setting out his entire life, more or less at random, in a string of declarative sentences. Autoportrait is a physical, psychological, sexual, political, and philosophical triumph. Beyond "sincerity," Lev works toward an objectivity so radical it could pass for