In the mid-fifties Paul Celan suggested that he had a mind for writing that "would be a bit more sober & more spacious" than his poems.
It is only with this volume, edited by Barbara Wiedemann and Bertrand Badiou, that Celan\'s multi. Prose -- except for two essays that were public award-acceptance speeches, and a few occasional bits and pieces often published, or better, hidden away in obscure places.
And yet, in his life-time Celan published very Little of such "more spacious" work -- i.e.
In the mid-fifties Paul Celan suggested that he had a mind for writing that "would be a bit more sober & more spacious" than his poems