Quote of the day
Park women, properly so called, are those degraded creatures, utterly lost to all sense of shame, who wander about the paths most frequented after nightfall in the Parks, and consent to any species of humiliation for the sake of acquiring a few shillings
Maurice Blanchot
Born: September 22, 1907
Died: February 20, 2003 (aged 95)
Bio: Maurice Blanchot was a French writer, philosopher, and literary theorist. His work had a strong influence on post-structuralist philosophers such as Jacques Derrida.
Known for:
- Thomas the Obscure (1941)
- L'Arrêt de mort (1948)
- La Folie du jour (1973)
- Faux pas (1943)
- Le Livre à venir (1959)