Into DisasterThe German occupation of France put an end to Maurice Blanchots career as a political journalist. In April 1941, he began to publish a weekly column of literary criticism in the Journal des Dbats, which became the source for his first critical work, Faux pas (1943). As well as providing a unique perspective on cultural life during the occupation, these pieces offer crucial insights into the mind and art of a writer who was to become one of the most