Duties and delights
Subtitle: the life of a go-between
By: Tzvetan Todorov ; interviews with Catherine Portevin ; translated by Gila Walker.
Contributors: Portevin, Catherine, 1962-
Publisher: Seagull
Published: 2008
Place of publication: London; New York
Language: eng
Number of pages: 412
ISBN-13: 9781905422890
Subjects: Todorov, Tzvetan, -- 1939- -- Interviews; Bulgarians -- France -- Interviews; Political refugees -- France -- Intellectual life; Authors, French -- 20th century -- Biography; Totalitarianism -- History -- 20th century
Genres: Interviews; Biography
Work titles: Devoirs et délices.
Description: "Tzvetan Todorov is one of Europe's leading intellectuals. Beyond his work in cultural and literary theory, philosophy and psychoanalysis, Todorov'.s influence is extraordinarily far-reaching specifically because or the clarity of his writing and his refusal to be bound by systems of thought and disciplinary straitjackets." "Duties and Delights presents a series of interviews with Tzvetan Todorov which illuminate the paths that he has taken, the paths that he has crossed and the paths that he has opened up for others."--Jacket.
Notes: Includes bibliographical references.

Translated from the French.