LEADER 03876nam 2200625 a 450 001 9910452074803321 005 20200520144314.0 010 $a1-280-57789-4 010 $a9786613607645 010 $a1-4411-4861-2 035 $a(CKB)2550000000101269 035 $a(EBL)918768 035 $a(OCoLC)793996915 035 $a(SSID)ssj0000637674 035 $a(PQKBManifestationID)11941585 035 $a(PQKBTitleCode)TC0000637674 035 $a(PQKBWorkID)10684530 035 $a(PQKB)11641218 035 $a(MiAaPQ)EBC918768 035 $a(Au-PeEL)EBL918768 035 $a(CaPaEBR)ebr10562631 035 $a(CaONFJC)MIL360764 035 $a(EXLCZ)992550000000101269 100 $a20110916d2012 uy 1 101 0 $aeng 135 $aur|n|---||||| 181 $ctxt 182 $cc 183 $acr 200 14$aThe late Walter Benjamin$b[electronic resource] /$fJohn Schad 210 $aLondon ;$aNew York $cContinuum$dc2012 215 $a1 online resource (265 p.) 225 1 $aNew directions in religion and literature 300 $aDescription based upon print version of record. 311 $a1-4411-7170-3 311 $a1-4411-7768-X 320 $aIncludes bibliographical references and index. 327 $aTitle Page; Copyright Page; Dedication Page; Contents; Preface; Acknowledgements; List of Illustrations; Left Behind; Scene One: The Gate; Scene Two: The House; Scene Three: Two Films Are Briefly Projected; Scene Four: The Front Room; Scene Five: Still the Front Room; Scene Six: The Garden in the Evening; Scene Seven: Still the Garden in the Evening; Scene Eight; Scene Eight: The Garden, Now Frozen, at Night; Scene Nine: Still the Frosted Garden at Night; Act Two. In another part of the forest; Act Three. Nowhere, in particular; Grand finale or epilogue; THE END, THE END 327 $aScene Ten: The Coronation and the Beautiful Pouring RainScene Eleven: Still the Coronation and the Beautiful Pouring Rain; Scene Twelve: Removal; Scene Thirteen: The Threshold of the Hotel; Post-face; An Official Hertfordshire County Council Report (2007); Notes; Left Behind; Scene One - The Gate; Scene Two - The House; Scene Three - Two Films Are Briefly Projected; Scene Four - The Front Room; Scene Five - Still the Front Room; Scene Six - The Garden in the Evening; Scene Seven - Still the Garden in the Evening; Scene Eight - The Garden, Now Frozen, at Night 327 $aScene Nine - Still the Frosted Garden at NightScene Ten - The Coronation and the Beautiful Pouring Rain; Scene Eleven - Still the Coronation and the Beautiful Pouring Rain; Scene Twelve - Removal; Scene Thirteen - The Threshold of the Hotel; Bibliography; Works by Walter Benjamin; Letters and Oral Testimonies; Unpublished Materials; Other Works Referenced; Films; Index 330 $aA startling critical-creative examination of one of the 20th Century's leading thinkers, The Late Walter Benjamin is a documentary novel that juxtaposes the life and death of Walter Benjamin with the days, hours and minutes of a working-class council estate on the edge of London in post-war Austerity England. The novel centres on one particular tenant who claims to be Walter Benjamin, and only ever uses words written by Benjamin, apparently oblivious that the real Benjamin committed suicide 20 years earlier whilst fleeing the Nazis. Initially set in the sixties, the text slips back to the earl 410 0$aNew directions in religion and literature. 606 $aExperimental fiction 607 $aEngland$vFiction 608 $aElectronic books. 615 0$aExperimental fiction. 676 $a823/.92 700 $aSchad$b John$f1960-$0927145 801 0$bMiAaPQ 801 1$bMiAaPQ 801 2$bMiAaPQ 906 $aBOOK 912 $a9910452074803321 996 $aThe late Walter Benjamin$92083099 997 $aUNINA