Marcel Benabou is quick to acknowledge that his own difficulty in writing has plenty of company. Words stick and syntax is stubborn, meaning slips and synonyms cluster. A blank page taunts and a full one accuses. Benabou knows the heroic joy of depriving critics of victims, the kindness of sparing publishers decisions, and the public charity of leaving more room in bookstore displays. Why I Have Not Written Any of My Books (Pourquoi je n'ai ecrit aucun de mes livres) provides both a respectful litany of writers' fears and a dismissal of the alibis offered to excuse them.

Provides both a respectful litany of writers' fears and a dismissal of the alibis offered to excuse them

About the Author
The author (or not) of a dozen books, Marcel Benabou is a professor of ancient history at the University of Paris VII and permanent provisional secretary of Oulipo. David Kornacker is a writer and translator living in New York City. Warren Motte is a professor of French at the University of Colorado.

Reviews
"A mercurially playful paradox of confessional literature, authorial awakening, and creative endeavor."-Kirkus Reviews



Book Information
ISBN 9780803261396
Author Warren Motte
Format Paperback
Page Count 111
Imprint Bison Books
Publisher University of Nebraska Press
Weight(grams) 128g