The Edge Of Surrealism

Durham & London: Duke University Press,, 2003.. First US edition.. 423 pp w/notes, bibliography, & index. Small publisher’s sticker inside front board, else fine in full black cloth with yellow stamping to spine and front panel. No dust jacket, as issued. Edited by Claudine Frank, with her introduction. Translated from the original French by Frank and Camille Naish.

Hardback. New. Presents an introduction to the writing of French social theorist Roger Caillois (1913-1978). Presenting several documents and drawing on interviews and unpublished correspondence, this book reveals Caillois' consistent effort to reconcile intellectual rigor and imaginative adventure.

Paperback / softback. New. Though his subjects were diverse, French social theorist Roger Caillois focused on issues crucial to modern intellectual life, and his essays offer a perspective on many of twentieth-century France's most significant intellectual movements and figures. This book offers an introduction to the writing of Caillois (1913-1978).

paperback. Good. Access codes and supplements are not guaranteed with used items. May be an ex-library book.